CHAPTER IX 



THE AMATEUE'S ROSE GAEDEN 



The growing of roses is a thing apart in the garden 

 calendar; no other flower exacts so large a toll of 

 patience, care and labor as the rose ; no other flower 

 repays so royally in bloom and fragrance. It should 

 be of the gardeii a thing apart, rare, cherished and a 

 source of much sweet exultation and pride, every 

 bloom a cause for rejoicing. It should have a place 

 to itself, for the rose is an aristocrat among flowers 

 and impatient of the presence of other forms of 

 flower life. If there cannot be a space set apart for 

 a real rose garden, then at least a bed to themselves 

 should be accorded or, if roses for cutting are all that 

 is desired, then a row through the vegetable garden 

 will give excellent results, as the cultivation will be 

 more certain and thorough. This is especially desir- 

 able in the growing of teas and hybrid teas. Out of 

 nearly a himdred roses planted tbe past year a row of 

 two dozen hybrid teas planted in a continuous row 

 through the garden, with such low-growing things 

 as beets and parsley planted on either hand did much 



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