^ There is a good white border rose that should 

 have your place in the garden. It is Ducher, a fine 

 hardy dwarf China. 



^ I might add that all the China roses are hardy 

 and can be planted with perfe<5t safety in the Fall. 

 They mu^t be protecfted however in the same 

 manner as the hybrid teas, by mounding up eight 

 inches of earth around them and packing hard 

 with the back of a spade. Do not rob the rose beds 

 for this soil. Rob the vegetable garden! And it is 

 good pra(5lice to spread a few inches of rotted 

 manure over the bed at prote(5tion time. 

 I can not understand why Katherine Ziemet has 

 not been entirely replaced by Ducher, such an 

 exquisite, dwarf white China rose, one that is 

 never out of bloom. Ducher's flowers are double 

 and are produced singly, not in clusters, as are 

 those of Katherine Ziemet, and they are quite as 

 large as Hermosa's pink blooms. Ducher is far 

 better in form too, for bordering and edging, 

 being broad, bushy and dwarf er than Ziemet, 

 and its blooms have a pure white freshness which 

 is delightfully cool appearing and delicately at- 

 tracTtive. Also they possess a perfume that is very 

 sweet 53 53 



^ Ducher is not a baby rambler like Katherine 

 Ziemet, but, as I have said, a fine, hardy, dwarf 

 that blooms and blooms and blooms for all of 

 five months. 



WORTH WHILE ROSES 



^ I have been asked so often for a list of roses — 

 really worth while roses — that should be in every 

 garden that I feel it will be of intere^ to all rose 

 lovers, particularly those who may not be familiar 

 with some of the varieties I mention, to give the 

 following list. 



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