A. For Trellis 



Kifc 



B. 



C. Pergola. 



A ROSE FOR E VERY PLACE AND PURPOSE 



"The success of the Rose in this country is very largely a question 

 of the selection of adaptable varieties." — DR. LIBERTY H. BAILEY. 



The next page (7) will help you, no doubt, to avoid selecting those Roses not 

 well suited to your climate, and to a choice of the right ones for your locality. That 

 is very important. Having received your Roses, do you yet realize in how many 

 different ways they may be used, what clever, original, and decorative arrangements 

 may be employed to make your home beautiful? 

 Let us note the climbing Roses, for example. It is difficult to imagine a home with grounds at all 

 that is too small for at least one climbing Rose. A climbing Rose that covers the entire side of a house may 

 need only two cubic feet of soil to grow in. (Please note in passing the rose- embowered house on page 31.) 

 The ingenuity of our readers will conceive a greater variety of uses than the few examples pictured on this 

 page. A more complete treatment of the subject will be found in our book, "How to Grow Roses," see page 8. 

 A. Foi" Trellis. For covering a trellis, select from the climbers, pages 26 to 31, inclusive, and espe- 

 cially those on page 26. A trellis may be made of wood, wire, or other materials, and may be used 

 about the house, porch, or garden, or for a screen. 



For an Archway. Use the same varieties as for above. "Dig deep while sluggards sleep," and 

 you'll have Roses galore. The archway is most effective over a pathway or entrance. 



A pergola, like an open tunnel, made up of a series of connected arches, should be covered 

 with the same varieties recommended for arches, and is a great addition to any garden. 



Fences. First of all, plan for a substantial support, and choose, according to taste, 

 from the long-branched climbers on pages 26 to 31. If your fences are already 

 in place, why not cover them with Roses, for this can be done for a slight additional 

 expense? From a single bush, like Dr. W. Van Fleet, you can get hundreds of perfect, 

 large, long-stemmed blooms every year, that city folks are glad to get for $2 per dozen. 

 These large-flowered hardy climbers make canes 10 to 15 feet long in a season, and 

 bloom the second season after planting. 



E. Banks or Stumps. Any ugly or unsightly objects, from stumps to buildings, may 

 be transformed into bowers of beauty. Expense is trifling, compared with the satis- 

 faction. The hardy climbers, and especially Wichuraianas, are best for this purpose. 



Grow Your Own Decorations for Weddings, Recep- 

 tions, Commencements, and Celebrations 



At the dedication of the National Rose Test-Garden at Washington, D. C, 

 Benjamin Hammond, then President of the American Rose Society, called at- 

 tention to the beauty and appropriateness of a background such as there 

 shown for a wedding ceremony. In the book "How to Grow Roses" is 

 told of a most charming Rose-garden near Paris which is the setting for a 

 permanent open-air theatre. Have you experienced the satisfaction of 

 having plenty of Roses from which to cut for festal occasions, for decora- 

 tions, for showering rose petals on guests to be honored, for carpeting 

 their pathway with velvet flowers ? 



Shall we do less than the ancients and fail to use 

 God's great gift of beauty to crown life's important 

 events? For uses like these, Roses lend themselves as 

 does no other flower. 



IN GROWING YOUR OWN ROSES 



SUCCESS WITH ROSES depends partly upon the quality of the 



plants we send, but quite as much upon your knowledge of what to get 



and how to treat what you get. Therefore this and the following p. (7). 



Even Rose-growing may be discouraging, unless, in the first place, 



you have the knowledge of how to get what you want. 



It's the "know how" at the start that 

 insures success and satisfaction at 

 the finish. 



You or your architect must picture your 

 house before you build it; to do this, 

 seeing what others have done will help 

 you to formulate your own ideas, and, 

 what is quite as important, to 

 know your materials and their 

 possibilities. Pages 6 and 7 are to 

 help you "Know the joy of having 

 your own Roses." 



Pergola Effect 



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On Fence or Lattice for Screen or Windbreak 



For Stumps or Rockeries 



CONARDltfROSES 



Are Guaranteed^to Bloom 



For your convenience and satisfaction we label our field-grown, + Star 

 size Roses with durable celluloid Star tags. You will find great pleasure 

 in always knowing the names of your Roses when they bloom. 



