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HOW TO GROW ROSES 



Municipal Rose-garden, Cleveland, Ohio. One year old 



covered terraces; a fountain-centered system of walks and a 

 large amount of growth; and, as nearly every rose-lover 

 knows, a gratifyingly long season of bloom. It is, we believe, 

 true of Portland, as of no other city, that the commercial 

 men have long realized the value of the rose and its exploita- 

 tion as an indirect, though very definite means of spreading, 

 world-wide, the fame of that rose-favored corner of the 

 earth. This is a reason why there is enthusiasm in Portland 

 back of the conception to establish in another part of the city 

 another municipal rose-garden that shall outclass any other 

 in America. And why should Portland not do so? The author 

 would enjoy telling his readers much more about the mag- 

 nificent hedges of roses in Portland; of the great annual rose- 

 festivals, with electrical displays; of many different parades; 

 of automobiles ; of the Royal Rosarians and their Queen of the 

 Roses with her attendants, — all doing homage to the rose. 



Last spring at Cleveland, Ohio, for the first time there 

 appeared, on display, a most creditable municipal rose-gar- 

 den, its success being due in large measure, doubtless, to the 

 able hand of their superintendent of parks. No climbing 



