AND HOW TO ARRANGE THEM 5 



Establishing Ideals 



First consider what kind of rose-garden you will plan. 

 Roses seem to enjoy being arranged in countless ways. Will 

 the first show of bloom to burst into view, as one approaches 

 your home, be on your pergola, or arbor, or rose-covered 

 summer-house? If none of these furnishes appropriate 

 setting, probably your banks or fences will be clothed or 

 beautified. A variety of types, shown on the following pages, 

 is available, and choosing from these will become a delight. 



Perhaps your fancy may picture prosperous beds, abound- 

 ing in a wealth of bloom, to be seen across a sweep of level 

 lawn, or from your favorite room in the house, or even hidden 

 beyond the curve in your garden-walk. 



The formal rose-garden, too, is important, especially 

 on the larger place. There are excellent reasons why the 

 rose-garden should have a domain all its own. These 

 fastidious creatures that so well repay your thoughtful care 

 may well be grouped and with greater resulting effectiveness. 

 In no other case, perhaps, does careful planning pay so well as 

 in the formal garden. 



In these brief suggestions of rose-garden possibilities let 

 us recall vividly the value of the rose in the landscape. Here 

 again a knowledge of varieties is important. Landscape 

 architects are recognizing more and more the noteworthy 

 species which are valuable in mass-plantings for showy effects, 

 for retaining embankments, for bordering driveways, or 

 even for certain types of hedges. 



Or you may wish most for a garden of roses from which 

 to cut bouquets, so that "the Glory of the Garden" may be 

 reflected in your home. "Good taste" will suggest the right 

 roses — one for this vase, a bunch for that bowl, a spray for 

 the guest-room, still others for the hallway or the dining- 

 room table, then surely some for boutonnieres, and at times 

 for "state occasions." Surely anyone who has experienced the 

 exquisite thrill welling up in the soul from the presence of 

 choice roses well arranged will be eager to develop the skill 

 needed to make the best use of Nature's garden-gifts. 



