ROSE-GROWING AS A RECREATION 
NATURE THE ONLY PHYSICIAN ” 
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Health and recreation for yourself and joy unmeasured for 
others also are the fruits of growing your own Roses. 
What more wholesome recreation can you imagine to restore 
jaded nerves or refresh one after a weary round of the day’s 
work than growing one’s own Roses? 
But even Rose-growing may be discouraging, unless, in the 
first place, you have the knowledge of how to get what you want. 
It’s the “know how” at the start that insures success and 
satisfaction at the finish. 
You or your architect must picture your house before you build 
it; to do this, seeing what others have done will help you to 
formulate your own ideas, and, what is quite as important, to 
know your materials and their possibilities. These two pages are 
intended to remove the mystery from “Success with Roses.” 
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HOW TO SELECT YOUR ROSES 
No other family of plants, probably, is more widely spread over the face of the earth than the Rose. Few other plants have in 
the same genus so many different types and species. Thus it is that, from the tiny midget Roses to those of untold age and maivelous! 
dimensions, we find every size of bush and almost every habit of growth. 
Landscape architects, the expert users of Roses, call for many different types to fashion their garden pictures. 1 oh, too, mtdeS 
may add refreshing variety and the charm of novelty to your garden picture if, first, you know each separate family and il« traits. E 
To help you we indicate below only a few of these families and the broader classifications. On the opposite page arc 1 a the 
ways in which Roses may best be used. 
Compare each paragraph as numbered with corresponding illustration below, to assist in comparing types. 
1. Creeping Roses. See kinds marked • on page 28. 
A few varieties in the Wichuraiana family which cling close to 
the ground. They throw out runners which sucker and fasten 
themselves tightly, thus making them valuable on embankments, 
as “a thing of beauty,” and also to prevent the soil from washing. 
2. Baby Roses. See page 21 
Polyantha, also called Baby Ramblers, even in the bush form 
which do not ramble at all. They are remarkable for an almost 
constant display of bloom. Quantities of small blossoms in clus¬ 
ters cover the bushes throughout a longer uninterrupted period 
than almost any other family. They are used as individual 
specimens, for low hedges, for solid beds or for edging. 
3. Bush Roses 
We describe them here in two sizes (a) and (b). 
(a) SHORT. 15 to 30 inches. See pages lOto 15, 16to 19,and 22 
Most of the Roses in the Tea and Hybrid Tea classes, also the 
Bourbon, Bengal and Chinas, belong to this group, like the Kil- 
larneys, Cochets and the Roses in our Reliable Dozen (p. 34). 
See the garden scenes on pp. 12, 13, 14 and 15. 
(b) TALL, 3 to 4 feet or more. See pages 32, 33 and 35 
Most of the Hybrid Perpetuals with larger and fewer flowers 
are in this group, and some Hybrid Teas, like Gruss an Teplitz. 
Among Hybrid Perpetuals, Hugh Dickson, J. B. Clark, and 
Frau Karl Druschki often grow larger than the others. 
4. Shrub Size Roses 
We speak of this group in this manner because they are too 
large to plant with other Roses in the Bush Rose beds, but rather 
do they lend themselves for use on the lawn, either in groups or 
as specimens, much as you would plant shrubbery. The Rugosas, 
on page 29, make robust bushes, 3 to 4 feet through and 
4 to 6 feet high. Some grow stronger than this. 
Their compactness and uniformity also commend them 
for hedge uses. Harison’s Yellow (p. 30) is in the shrub 
class, as is the wonderful new Hugonis 
(front page); also the Sweetbriar and 
Moss Roses, p. 30. 
5. Pillar Roses 
This term, or phrase, is better known and nmn 1 I 
than in America. May Queen Rose (p. 27), Golden Kao • 
and other Roses, including Birdie Blye (p. 22), and muiu- i 
to be well-behaved Bush Roses and not large enough 1 ■ » 1 1 
ous climbers, are tied to a stake or supporl and • 1II1 
Roses. The stronger growing climbers, like Amen. .1 n I 'ill. 
cover), may likewise be cut back and so trained. 
6. Climbing Roses 
There is almost as much variety in Climbing «•, 
Roses as in all above five groups combined. The ‘_u, 
most valuable group of Climbers are the hardy 
ones which bloom only during the spring and early 
summer—the Multifloras, and the Wichuraiana ,v 
and their Hybrids, bloom in clusters. See pp. 26, 
27, and 28. Nearly all of these grow to a great 
height (see cut, p. 26). The Wichuraiana family 
has most pliable branches and is easily trainee!. 
The other large group of Climbers are less hardy but 
bloom riotously in the spring and some during sum¬ 
mer and fall; they are climbing sports of the Teas, 
Hybrid Teas and Polyanthas (see pp. 23 to 25). 
Hardiness 
All Roses on pp. 26 to 35 
(except pp. 31 and 34) are 
hardy. Roses, pp. 10 to 25 
inclusive, need winter protec¬ 
tion in latitude north of Phila¬ 
delphia. For winter protec¬ 
tion see pp. 28 and 29 in 
“ How to Grow Roses ” (p. 7). 
