THE GREENING LANDSCAPE COMPANY, MONROE, MICHIGAN 



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I am well aware that it is still the custom of catalogue- 

 makers to recommeud the so-called Hybrid Perpetual 

 varieties to the exclusion of all others, and the}^ expatiate 

 on their hardiness and vigor of growth, both of which 

 merits they possess ; but when the man appears who can 

 make them bloom all summer, I will say in the language 

 of Bill Nye, " The coming man has arrived." 



gone through all the 



If you had a friend who hac 

 labor, vicissitudes and discouragements of experimenta- 

 tion, through many years of alternating disappointment 

 and success, and who had found at last with certaint\- 

 the dependable varieties of roses, would you not gladly 

 accept his advice in starting a rose garden? Let me l)e 

 that friend to you! I ha\-e tested hundreds of varieties 

 and know that my list is entirely satisfactory. Professor 

 Liberty H. Bailey, of Cornell University, Editor of Cy- 

 clopaedia of American Horticulture, says : " The success 

 of the rose in this country is largely a question of the 

 selection of varieties." 



forced growth is not hardy 



enough to withstand 

 These "bargain-counter" roses ha\-e 



And in addition it is a question of how the bushes 

 are grown. Bushes gro\vn in pots in greenhouses arc 

 marketable in a few months from the cutting, and the 

 soft 



outdoor conditions 



been a source of much discouragement to planters, who 

 are slow in finding out that cheapness does not consist 

 in what you pay, but what you get for what you pay. 

 There is also a great deal of unjust clamor against budded 

 roses. The facts are that few roses strike roots on their 

 own wood, and fewer still ha\'e enough vigor to become 

 good bloomers when grow^n that way. With few exce])- 

 tions budded roses are by far the best, rec[uiring only 

 deep planting to prevent the growth of suckers and the 

 careful cutting out of those that may appear. The best 

 stock to use here is the same as that used in Continental 

 Em-ope — the Manetti rose stock. The Greening Nursery 

 Company imports its rose seedlings from France. These 

 are lined out in the nursery, budded the same year and 

 marketed the year after, making virtually three-year 

 plants; that is to say, they grow one year in France and 

 two years in the nursery — quite different from the little 

 slips grown in ly^-'mch pots, forced with bottom heat in 

 the greenhouse, and sold in a few months from the time of making 

 the cutting. 



As to form, rose beds should be narrow, so that all the bloom 

 can be easily reached for cutting and the surface of the bed be 



Plate 17 



A BOWER OF RUSTIC BEAUTY 



A rustic retreat in a picturesque garden on a hillside. The steps are of hewn 

 ties with a landing three ties wide every fourth step. The furniture is in the same 

 rustic style and adds to the restful simplicity of the scene. There is an outcropping 

 of rough boulders on either side, like nature in undress holding communion with 

 herself. The trees on the hilltop are Black Walnuts and Maples. The tall shaft 

 of green in the lower foreground is Thuya Pyramidalis. Clumps of ornamental 

 grasses border the walk. Taken altogether there is a wealth of quiet beauty in 

 this garden bower which is worth ten years of added life to its owner. 



all manageable with a hoe for cultivation. The most con\'enient 

 is a parallelogram of an}- length, but with a width of only five 

 feet. This will take three rows of bushes planted one foot from 

 each border. Other designs are shown elsewhere in this book. 



