THE GARDEN AT HOME 



I know. White Dorothy Perkins is a good rose, but it 

 has to be associated with those of brighter colouring to 

 be seen at its best. 



I would like to counsel readers against forming an 

 opinion about a rose the first summer after planting, 

 especially if planting be carried out later than the 

 first week in November. Often enough its behaviour 

 is altogether different the second year if it is left undis- 

 turbed. Though it make little growth the first year, 

 and consequently give few blooms, it may conceivably 

 astonish the gardener by its vigour and profusion of 

 bloom the second season. I have had this experience 

 many times. So I would ask the reader to withhold his 

 estimate of the value of a rose until the end of the 

 second season. If at that time three plants of the same 

 variety can be set down as failures, it would deserve to 

 be discarded. 



I think many people fail to give their roses a chance 

 because they won't plant them well and leave them 

 alone. I believe strongly in leaving a plant undisturbed 

 so long as it is satisfactory. It is not much use at- 

 tempting to improve it by digging it up and planting 

 it somewhere else. I know that many rose growers 

 make it a rule to transplant their rose bushes every 

 three years or so, but even if the roses are longer-lived 

 when so treated, the check throws them back for one 

 season, and there is much lost ground to be made 

 up before they are as good as they were before. It is 



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