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GARDEN GUIDE 



The best preventive is the removal and burning of all rusted canes. 



Rose Canker appears as a warty growth on the canes ; excrescences 

 on wood. It can only be cut out when found. It is caused by a fungus. 



Kinds of Garden Roses 



Most of the Roses mentioned in the following pages are favorites 

 in the North ; many other varieties can be tried in less severe climates 

 — ^which refers also to the northern part of the Pacific coast. 



Rrier Roses. There is a huge group of shrubby or Rrier Roses. 

 On the whole, they are hardy and grow under adverse conditions. 

 Some of them will be useful for making a hedge. If a Rose garden is 

 to be made, plan it in the Winter and make preparations to surround 

 it with a row of Rriers. 



No Rose is hardier, freer-blooming and more disease-resistant 

 than the Japanese Rugged Rose, or Rosa rugosa. Rearing single 



Rambler Rose Covered Summer House 



Such a structure as is shown here can be made by the man of the house or a local handy- 

 man with tools 



and double, crimson, pink or white flowers, it is the first one to place 

 in the hedge. There are a number of rugosa hybrids which are ad- 

 mirable. 



Of charming fragrance and exquisite colors are the Penzance 

 hybrids. Lord Penzance, a hybridizer of Roses, used the standard 



