CHAPTER VII 
That Queen--The Rose 
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, 
Old Time is still a-flying, 
And this same flower that smiles today 
Tomorrow will be dying. 
—Herrick. 
Every one longs for roses, the most highly prized 
of all the flowers; and roses today can be grown 
almost anywhere. 
Rose growers have finally succeeded in budding 
the tender tea rose on to the hardy briar and also 
on to the more recent Manetti stock, and in cross- 
ing the teas with the hybrid perpetuals,—developed 
from the old June favorites. ~The result is ideal 
roses, that are hardy and bloom all season, with the 
desired lovely coloring and fragrance. 
Many of the so-called June roses also have been 
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