Roses 
of having them when and where and how you like. The fragrant 
ones especially you will want near you, so that their most subtle 
charm may not be lost. 
Before you start to make your Rose pictures, study and plan 
a bit. It is even stimulating to read Dean Hole’s “Book About 
Roses.” Thus he warns you— 
“He who would have beautiful Roses in his garden must have 
beautiful Roses in his heart. He must love them well and always, 
. . . with no ephemeral caprice, like the fair young knight, 
who loves and who rides away when his sudden fire is gone from 
the cold white ashes. The cavalier of the rose has semper fidelis 
on his crest and shield. He is loyal and devoted ever, in storm- 
fraught or in sunny days; not only the first on a summer’s morn¬ 
ing to gaze admiringly on glowing charms, but the first when 
leaves fall and winds are chill, to protect against ci;uel frost.” 
Americans as yet have not begun to learn what wide variety 
of use and arrangement is possible with Roses. So many otherwise 
well-informed citizens think of Roses in two forms at the most, viz., 
in the climbing or the bush form. It would be as adequate to think 
of satisfactorily classifying all kinds of weather as either sunshine 
or storm or all hard-wooded plants as either trees or shrubs. 
From plants that hug the ground to those that would almost 
cover a church, we have Roses of almost every imaginable size 
and habit of growth. There is no dearth of material for practically 
every place and purpose. 
So when you look out of your window while the ground is still 
frozen and perhaps snowclad, and with thoughtful eyes begin to 
paint pink and white and yellow and red into the possible places 
on your lawn where the Roses may be blooming 
when June comes again, do you know which Roses to get and 
how to arrange them ? 
Perhaps a few hints will help you. First look along the outside 
border of your lawn or garden, usually an excellent place for 
shrubbery—waist-high bushes of robust growth and easy culture— 
for such places get Rugosa or Moss Roses, pages 22 and 23, and 
then farther along the boundary border where a somewhat taller 
growth would fit with slightly weeping branches, arrange to plant 
the quaint Sweet Briar Rose, also offered on page 23. But 
more than anything else you will want Roses in Rose-beds. 
Even here there may be great variety. Low beds, about 12 inches 
high, and a mass of blooms for most of the season is possible if you 
plant Polyanthas or Baby Ramblers (page 16), closely together 
and keep the blooms cut off before they fade. This class is also 
coming to be used for beds that border walks and for edging 
flower-beds filled in with something taller in growth. 
Again, you may maintain one or many Rose-beds from which 
to cut for bouquets, varieties that bloom faithfully and freely, and 
thus we come to the Teas, Bourbons, Bengals, and Hybrid Teas, 
etc. Select here with special care and do not hesitate about 
planting several of one kind, for often this is better than the 
same number mixed, for not only in the bed is it more effective 
but in bouquets also. Hybrid Teas are most largely planted of all 
types as they are hardier than the Teas and bloom almost as 
freely. It is best to plant Roses of each class by themselves as 
Teas, Hybrid Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals do not all grow alike. 
You will find this more fully explained on the following pages. 
Know the Joy of 
Having Your Own 
Rose Specialists 
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