T3 OSES more than any other flower excuse the 

 •*■ *^ formal garden ; in fact by their stateliness and 

 pride, they seem to demand an exclusive spot laid 

 out in beds of beautiful line. 



A rose garden enclosed by a hedge really seems 

 the ideal, yet a hedge is such a hungry thing it gen- 

 erally eats all the richness of the neighboring soil, 

 and roses need all the undivided food there is to be 

 had. 



If you desire a hedge, though, you can have the 

 most beautiful, appropriate and impenetrable one 

 made of rugosa roses — the Sir Thomas Lipton 

 (white), Rosa Rugosa (red) and New Century 

 (pink). 



These planted a foot apart will by their vigor- 

 ous growth in two years make a hedge which neither 

 small boy nor animal can penetrate. They are per- 



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