Three House and Garden Suggestions 
ROSA SEINOSISSIMA, VAR. ALTAICA, HARDY, EGANDALF-, 1 905 
at once by the resemblance of this, its prototype. 
The Cherokee is a rambling exotic, a native of the 
Orient that has strayed from its habitat and be¬ 
come naturalized in the warmer portion of the At¬ 
lantic coast, but is, unfortunately, too tender for a 
northern climate. 
White R. Altaica is worthy of an individual po¬ 
sition. Standing alone, it lends itself to grouping, 
and for a less tall companion bearing a similar 
single white flower, the comparatively new white form 
of our native Rosa lucida (JR. humihs ) may be used. 
Roses that are hardy without protection, with me, 
are limited in number and valued in proportion. 
1 he old garden forms of June roses do fairly well. 
The J apanese Rosa rugosa and some of its hybrids, 
are indispensable, the former being single in flower 
and many of the latter double, and most all posses¬ 
sing the true rosy scent. The type R. rugosa comes 
in two colors, one a pure white, and the other differ¬ 
ent shades of pink. With them one may, even here, 
indulge in the hitherto undreamed of luxury of a 
perfectly hardy hedge of roses. 
Flowers from lune to frost, and a goodly array 
of bright colored heps, large as cherries, will reward 
the planter, and a wealth of dark green, rugged, 
deep-ribbed foliage, always fresh and crisp, form a 
pleasing foil for flower and fruit. 
It needs but little care. Manure at its roots in 
winter more for its leachings than protection, and 
quite a severe cutting back each spring to cause it 
to retain its foliage close to the ground, is all it needs. 
I protect all my climbing roses, as well as the hybrid 
perpetuals by bending them down, covering thickly 
with dry oak leaves—loose dry straw or hay would 
do and then boxing them, being sure that the roof 
is water tight, as dripping moisture will rot the canes. 
GARDEN WORK IN MARCH 
By Ernest Hemming 
JN all well regulated gardens, work begins in 
earnest sometime during the month of March. 
Allowing for the vagaries of the weather, it is 
usually possible to commence digging about the 
20th of the month in the latitude of Philadel¬ 
phia, with New York and Boston a little later, 
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