CHAPTER XVII 



A CHAPTER OP SPECIALTIES 



As a rule, amateurs in gardening no sooner 

 make a beginning in planting before they de- 

 cide that a roseless garden is no garden at all. 

 They can not be greatly blamed for rushing to 

 this conclusion, still they might bear in mind 

 the fact that some of the most effective orna- 

 mental gardening effects of which this country 

 affords examples have been attained without 

 the use of a single rose-bush. 



ROSE CULTURE 



If, however, the beginner must have roses — 

 and they are not without ornamental value in 

 spite of all that has been said of them to the 

 contrary — let him plant them in a situation that 

 is somewhat sheltered from the biting winds 

 of winter, yet open to the sun in summer, free 

 from roots of trees and unshaded by overhang- 

 ing branches. If no situation offers that is 

 without shade, select roses of dark-red color — 

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