FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 
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SUNBURST ROSE 
ROSES IN THE LANDSCAPE* 
BY CHARLES DOWNING LAY 
Editor "Landscape Architecture" 
When I tell people that I propose to plant roses near the house or along 
the drives it is often hard to make them see what I mean, for roses are to most 
people objects for personal adornment or for table embellishment. 
* It has been assumed that the rose outdoors is a garden plant only, and in catalogues or 
books treating of landscape effect it is usual to find the statement that the rose is not useful in 
the shrubbery or the border. As a landscape architect in active practice, and treating the rose 
wholly on its merits, Mr. Lay here shows an unsuspected value for it. It may not be amiss to 
say that certain of the newer climbers with persistent foliage form splendid objects in the 
border with but a little training, while the rugosas have also a definite shrub value when 
properly placed. — Editor American Rose Annual. 
