6 THE BOOK OF THE ROSE oh. i 



not quite in the sense that the Author uses the 

 phrase, that " The Garden is for the Eose, and not 

 the Eose for the Garden," but it is no longer correct 

 to say that the " value of the Eose is in the glory of 

 its individual blooms." 



In many cases the value of the Eose lies solely in 

 its decorative effect, such Eoses as Dorothy Perkins 

 have little merit in the "individual flower," but 

 as seen from "a distance" who will say the effect 

 is not beautiful, unique, and further, one to be 

 obtained by the use of no other "decorative plant." 

 And it is more particularly this use of the Eose as a 

 decorative Garden plant, since this chapter was 

 penned, that has led to its increased popularity. 



