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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  April, 
  1907 
  

  

  A 
  Cottage 
  Decorated 
  with 
  White 
  Roses 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  are 
  only 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  rose 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  

   can 
  form 
  little 
  conception 
  of 
  these 
  flowers 
  in 
  Southern 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia, 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  grow 
  all 
  the 
  time, 
  and 
  many 
  

   of 
  them 
  to 
  bloom, 
  by 
  providing 
  constant 
  irrigation 
  and 
  

   dressing. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  an 
  endless 
  variety 
  of 
  roses, 
  but 
  a 
  greater 
  number 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  unsatisfactory 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  house 
  decora- 
  

   tion. 
  Some 
  are 
  "shy" 
  bloomers; 
  others 
  bloom 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  

   period, 
  while 
  others 
  again 
  are 
  in 
  blossom 
  the 
  year 
  round. 
  

   While 
  the 
  "Glory 
  of 
  Glazenwood" 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  in 
  some 
  

   places, 
  but 
  the 
  "Gold 
  of 
  Ophir" 
  in 
  California, 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  per- 
  

   petual 
  bloomer, 
  it 
  makes 
  so 
  splendid 
  a 
  display 
  for 
  a 
  month 
  

   or 
  more, 
  from 
  March 
  to 
  June, 
  according 
  to 
  conditions, 
  the 
  

   early 
  or 
  late 
  rains, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  perhaps 
  more 
  often 
  used 
  in 
  house 
  

   decoration 
  than 
  other 
  roses. 
  It 
  grows 
  thick 
  and 
  bushy, 
  is 
  a 
  

   rapid 
  climber, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  covers 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  

   with 
  a 
  light 
  green 
  hue, 
  and 
  in 
  February, 
  March 
  or 
  April 
  

   suddenly 
  springs 
  into 
  bloom 
  and 
  converts 
  

   the 
  house 
  into 
  a 
  blaze 
  of 
  color 
  which 
  dif- 
  

   fers 
  in 
  different 
  localities. 
  In 
  all 
  prob- 
  

   ability 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  display 
  is 
  seen 
  

   on 
  the 
  home 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Rev- 
  A. 
  Moss 
  

   Merwin, 
  of 
  Pasadena, 
  often 
  called 
  the 
  

   house 
  of 
  ten 
  thousand 
  blossoms. 
  The 
  

   reader 
  can 
  judge 
  from 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  pictures 
  

   whether 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  exaggeration. 
  Only 
  a 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  rosebush 
  is 
  seen 
  and 
  only 
  

   the 
  full-blown 
  blossoms. 
  A 
  more 
  beautiful 
  

   picture 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  imagined 
  than 
  this 
  ag- 
  

   gregation 
  of 
  bloom 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  visited 
  by 
  

   tourists 
  from 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  Ranking 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  Gold 
  of 
  Ophir 
  as 
  

   a 
  house 
  decoration 
  is 
  the 
  Lady 
  Banksia, 
  

   that 
  has 
  completely 
  covered 
  the 
  side 
  

   of 
  a 
  Pasadena 
  home 
  and 
  climbed 
  up 
  over 
  

   the 
  house 
  onto 
  the 
  roof. 
  The 
  effect 
  is 
  

   even 
  more 
  startling 
  than 
  the 
  Gold 
  of 
  Ophir, 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  pure 
  white 
  or 
  yellow, 
  and 
  is 
  especial- 
  

   ly 
  adapted 
  for 
  decorative 
  purposes, 
  falling 
  

   like 
  the 
  willow 
  in 
  long 
  slender 
  branches 
  

   every 
  few 
  inches, 
  marked 
  by 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  

   blossoms 
  which 
  hang 
  from 
  the 
  wall 
  or 
  roof 
  

   in 
  a 
  particularly 
  graceful 
  manner. 
  

  

  This 
  rose 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  constant 
  bloomer, 
  but 
  

   as 
  an 
  early 
  harbinger 
  of 
  spring 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  attractive 
  of 
  flowers. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  double 
  

   rose, 
  and 
  while 
  the 
  white 
  variety 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  

   known, 
  the 
  yellow 
  is 
  a 
  charming 
  flower. 
  

   The 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  Banksia 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  

   winter, 
  while 
  the 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  

   are 
  covered 
  with 
  snow, 
  is 
  very 
  striking, 
  

   and 
  from 
  a 
  distance 
  a 
  roof 
  covered 
  with 
  

   them 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  massed 
  with 
  snow. 
  

  

  Often 
  enough 
  one 
  may 
  see 
  a 
  shed, 
  

   shanty, 
  or 
  even 
  a 
  cheap 
  stable 
  rendered 
  

   beautiful 
  by 
  masses 
  of 
  Reine 
  Maria 
  Hen- 
  

   riette, 
  a 
  most 
  splendid 
  perpetual 
  blooming 
  

   red 
  climber. 
  This 
  rose 
  is 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  

   the 
  Madame 
  Berard 
  and 
  the 
  well 
  known 
  

   General 
  Jacqueminot. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  large 
  

   and 
  lustrous, 
  and 
  the 
  roses 
  often 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  a 
  man's 
  closed 
  hand, 
  rich 
  in 
  shade 
  and 
  

   shape, 
  both 
  in 
  bud 
  and 
  flower. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  own 
  garden 
  the 
  beautiful 
  Reve 
  

   d'Or 
  rose 
  has 
  taken 
  possession 
  of 
  an 
  orange 
  

   tree 
  and 
  covered 
  it 
  with 
  bloom; 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  small' 
  houses, 
  crude 
  and 
  bare 
  at 
  the 
  

   building, 
  covered 
  with 
  this 
  splendid 
  mass 
  of 
  

   bloom, 
  that 
  in 
  a 
  remarkably 
  short 
  space 
  of 
  

   time 
  will 
  climb 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  a 
  two 
  storied 
  

   house 
  and 
  ultimately 
  cover 
  it. 
  

  

  Among 
  many 
  other 
  roses 
  often 
  seen 
  in 
  house 
  decoration 
  

   in 
  Southern 
  California 
  are 
  the 
  climbing 
  Wootton, 
  Safrano, 
  

   Malmaison, 
  Madame 
  Alfred 
  Carriere, 
  Marechal 
  Niel, 
  Wm. 
  

   Alfred 
  Richardson, 
  and 
  Kaiserin 
  Augusta 
  Victoria, 
  the 
  lat- 
  

   ter 
  a 
  white 
  rose 
  of 
  vigorous 
  growth, 
  the 
  blossom 
  large, 
  pure 
  

   white 
  and 
  very 
  beautiful. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  an 
  inexpensive 
  lath 
  

   house, 
  used 
  for 
  potting 
  plants, 
  covered 
  with 
  these 
  magnificent 
  

   white 
  roses; 
  also 
  the 
  Lamarque, 
  a 
  most 
  vigorous 
  climber 
  and 
  

   bloomer 
  here. 
  

  

  While 
  roses 
  constitute 
  the 
  principal 
  decoration 
  for 
  many 
  

   inexpensive 
  homes 
  in 
  California 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  seen 
  about 
  the 
  

   most 
  pretentious 
  ones, 
  and 
  other 
  flowers 
  as 
  well. 
  About 
  

   such 
  places 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  fences 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  Cherokee 
  and 
  

   the 
  Ragged 
  Robin, 
  the 
  latter 
  blossoms 
  a 
  beautiful 
  red 
  that 
  

   contrasted 
  with 
  white 
  makes 
  a 
  most 
  effective 
  hedge, 
  all 
  

   being 
  important 
  features 
  in 
  the 
  landscape. 
  

  

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  A 
  House 
  Covered 
  with 
  Ophir 
  Roses 
  

  

  