I]xcept for his mortgage, the item uppermost, 

 perhaps, in the mind of the new home owner is 

 the matter of making his home grounds look as 

 beautiful as his house does. It seems to him like 

 a formidable task requiring a mint of money and 

 countless foot-pounds of energy, neither of which 

 he can come by easily. More likely than not, he 

 then makes one of the most regrettable mistakes of 

 his home-owning life. He compromises. He decides 

 to plant anything that will grow and that doesn't 

 cost much, thinking that later on he will re-plant 

 with better materials. He fails to realize that 

 many other things will claim his time and money 

 before he gets around to doing the landscaping 

 right — as it should have been done in the first 

 place. And the pity of it is that, had he only 

 known it, his pretty house could 

 have been set off" beautifully and 

 inexpensively right from the start 

 by the judicious use of a few of 

 the most versatile plants in the 

 world. . .roses! 



If you are the owner of a new 

 home, consider what the various 

 kinds of roses can do to help you 

 achieve what you want — colorful, 

 attractive home grounds. Re- 

 member as you do so that roses 

 give you more for your money 

 than any other flowering plant. 

 This may be a surprise to you — a 

 pleasant one! 



Roses give you flowers from 

 spring through to frost (that's al- 

 most half a year!) on any given 

 day of which you can expect to 

 have flowers both outside and in- 

 side the house. That is a benefit 

 which is easy to take! Also — 

 roses are hardy and long-lived and given reasonable 

 care will outlast many another kind of landscaping 

 plant. 



The versatility of roses again puts them in a class 

 by themselves. The fact is that there are roses for 

 every landscaping purpose . . . for borders, paths, 

 base planting, rock gardens, mass effects, patios — 

 even for living fences to define property lines. 

 There are roses which grow 12 inches tall, and 

 others which grow 12 feet high. There are roses 

 for front row, middle row and back row planting. 

 There are roses which are ideal accent plants, 

 others which make wonderful screens to hide un- 

 sightly areas. You can go on to the limit of your 

 own imagination in using roses to decorate and 

 prettify your property. 



You will not want to overlook another virtue in 

 roses which no other plant can match — that is, 

 the immense color range available which, in ef- 

 fect, can be a paint brush in your hands as you 

 lay out your garden canvas. Reds, pinks, yellows, 

 whites in many blends, tones, shades. Bi-colors, 

 too, and multi-colors. With such an array, your 

 individual tastes can be satisfied as with no other 

 flower. 



Now as to the various kinds of roses — the Hybrid 

 Teas, Grandifloras, Floribundas, Climbers, Minia- 

 tures, Tree Roses — each has individual character- 

 istics and qualities which can be put to use. 

 Another good thing about roses is that they can 

 be grown by anybody and everybody! You don't 

 have to be an expert. Everyone who has roses — 

 and that means millions of people — knows that 

 the rose is an eager grower, a rugged character 

 without a trace of the temperamental prima donna 

 in its soul. In fact, roses often grow in spite of 

 their owners! 



Just as you think of your home itself as a long- 

 term investment so should you look upon roses for 

 your home grounds. Both pay dividends imme- 

 diately and for many, many years. No one really 

 knows how long a properly tended rose will live — 

 but we do know of people who have roses in their 

 gardens today which were planted there as many 

 as 15, 20 and 25 years ago! Quite a return for a 

 small initial investment, isn't it.^ 



Here is one of the many ways in which roses can 

 be used to make a house looked lived in in a hurry 

 ... a border on both sides of an entrance walk. 

 Whether you use roses of different colors or of the 

 same color, the effect is beautiful. Medium height 

 or low growers are best for such a walkway. 



Success with Roses* 



REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE 



Editor, John Milton 

 Reprinting matter from this paper is permitted if credit ; 

 given to "Success with Roses," West Grove, Pa., U.S.A. 



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