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O you realize that by setting out the right plants of the 

 right sorts of Roses this spring you can cut flowers 

 from these selfsame plants during the last days of May, 

 and that the continuity of bloom will be almost un- 

 broken until the frosts of late fall herald the approach- 

 ing winter? 



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

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

 garden, too, that these fragrant blossoms may be 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 selected, will give 

 much enjoyment, while a garden of Roses can be readily made a sum- 

 mer-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 infancy. 

 In England, nearly ever^^body 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 Centun,- 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. 



