' ' No dain tie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd , 

 No arborett with painted blossoms drest 

 And smelHng sweete, but there it might be fownd. 

 To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels 

 al arownd. " 



^ Can you imagine my astonishment on hearing 

 at a recent meeting of a certain Garden Club 

 one of the members remark that, " there are too 

 many details to be followed to grow roses suc- 

 cessfully."! don't know how this remark impresses 

 you, but on thinking about it I am not only 

 amused but I am troubled — troubled by the 

 absence of thought that prompted this obser- 

 vation. 



^ When we build a house there are hundreds 

 and hundreds of details, big and little, that 

 must be thought of and given careful consider- 

 ation, // we hope for a satisfactory result; but 

 in creating and maintaining a successful rose 

 garden there are so few rules to observe — rules 

 so easily followed and that insure success — that I 

 am reluctant to really believe any flower lover can 



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