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den roses of the Hybrid Perpetual and Hybrid 

 Tea or pure Tea types. Even the native 

 species are of importance, especially for 

 shrubbery effects. What better than the bright 

 red bark of Rosa blanda, massed, in the 

 winter landscape! The Multiflora group, as 

 represented by the now ubiquitous Crimson 

 Rambler, has opened the eyes of thousands 

 of suburban home makers to the possibilities 

 of roses other than the ordinary. It is realised 

 that there are- roses for many purposes, and 

 the Crimson Rambler itself has become a 

 many-purposed rose. How great a reality 

 it, and its contemporary arrival — the Wichu- 

 raiana — have become, will be better under- 

 stood by a reference to the following lists. 

 These two roses must be regarded reverently 

 by the progressive rosarian on account of what 

 has been accomplished through their accept- 

 ance as garden plants. They have helped 

 the million to learn that there are roses and 

 roses — and roses; that there are varieties 

 for all kinds of purposes, and that a rose 

 garden is a possibility anywhere if there 

 is a foot or two of soil and a few rays of 

 sunshine. 



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