]0 you realize that by setting out the right plants of 

 the right sorts of Roses this spring you can cut flow- 

 ers from these selfsame plants during the last days 

 of May, and that the continuity of bloom will be al- 

 most unbroken until the frosts of late fall herald 

 the approaching winter ? 



Amateurs are now able to have an all-summer Rose feast equally 

 as well as the most skilled professional, and it is in the amateur's 

 rose-garden particularly that these fragrant blossoms are gathered 

 with early icicles hanging to them ! 



Nor is a large garden requisite — two or three dozen good 

 plants, of the modern and greatly improved sorts, properly se- 

 lected, will give much enjoyment, while a garden of Roses can be 

 readily made a summer-long delight. 



In the spring one can have the fun of building air-castles about 

 the plants. When the warm days of June arrive, these air-castles 

 have taken substantial form, and you go from one plant to 

 another, giving each a little daily attention, contrasting one proud 

 beauty with another equally queenly, and, best of all, gathering 

 an abundance of lovely Roses. Half an hour of such tonic toil 

 each day is a great nerve-restorer, and, what is more, it is the best 

 food for the soul. 



Rose-growing among amateurs in this country is yet in its in- 

 fancy. In England, nearly everybody grows Roses ; there are 

 dazzling vistas of Roses in the hedge-rows along the country roads 

 and lanes ; there are gardens full, each person striving in friendly 

 rivalry with his neighbor. Why do our friends on the other side 

 of the sea become so enthusiastic over the Rose? Because it is 

 without a peer among all the flowering plants. It presents nearly 

 every floral shade, in combinations far more attractive than exotic 

 orchids, and above all it gives to us enjoyment of another sense 

 in its delicious fragrance — the crowning feature, in which no 

 other flower can compete with it. 



For centuries has the Rose been fully recognized as the Queen 

 of Flowers, honored alike by Poet and King. 



Yet such varieties as Frau Karl Druschki, Killarney and Wm. R. 

 Smith, the ancients never knew ! Why, then, should not you and 

 yours share in the pleasures of the Twentieth Century Roses, to 

 your own enjoyment and to the advantage of those around you ? 

 Just a little garden of these modern well-bred Roses ; just a little 

 daily, loving care ; just a little cost — and the result to you and 

 your neighbors is the glory of the Queen of Flowers ! 



