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promise; Seattle likewise deserves mention as a community 
where the Rose is thoroughly appreciated. There is a Rose 
Garden in the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, and a 
new one of more than usual interest is just being completed in 
the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, and also in Franklin Park, Bos¬ 
ton. Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis and many other cities might 
be mentioned, but I think one of the most inspiring examples of 
a Rose Garden maintained under the difficulties of severe win¬ 
ters is the two acre Rose Garden of Minneapolis, Minn., of which 
Mr. Wirth its founder wrote me: “I am sure the people would 
not let us take it away from them.” 
When the expense of maintenance of a Garden of this char¬ 
acter is less than 3c per person per year, based upon actual 
count of visitors, does it not seem reasonable that every first- 
class city should require of its park department provision for a 
Municipal Rose Garden. 
Furthermore, a Municipal Rose Garden offers this opportun¬ 
ity: Visitors are often seen taking notes of the Roses they like 
best, they thus learn which kind to purchase for their own gar¬ 
dens—For, after, home is the best place for roses. 
Dr. W. A. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, is responsible for the state¬ 
ment that where folks on a farm can be induced to plant Roses 
and other flowering plants, the tendency to move off the place 
is distinctly lessened. In other words, flowers around the house 
and especially Roses, make that house more a home. By reason 
of this beauty all members of the family will become more fond¬ 
ly attached to it. In short, planting flowers around the home 
helps to stabilize the home life of our nation. The increased 
pleasure afforded to passers-by, especially in this day of in¬ 
creasing motor car travel, is too obvious to need comment. 
Many people like roses, but have an idea that they are diffi¬ 
cult to grow, but they are not. What is important is that the 
right varieties should be selected for the place and purpose in¬ 
tended. In the book “How to Grow Roses” recently published I 
have named 444 varieties, but have arranged these into families 
or classes, and have otherwise made suggestions that greatly 
simplify selection. Broadly speaking, we may divide the fam¬ 
ilies into Bush Roses and Climbing Roses. In order to learn 
the most popular varieties a vote was recently taken among 
members of thhe American Rose Society. I have compared the 
choice of twelve leading Rose experts in ten widely separated 
sections of this country and have compared this selection with 
the expressed judgment of leading professional Rose Grower^. 
It is pleasant to find remarkable unanimity of opinion among 
all these regarding the most satisfactory varieties for amateurs. 
Among Bush Roses the four most popular were Ophelia, Ra¬ 
diance, Frau Karl Druschki and Mrs. Aaron Ward. And among 
the climbers, Dr. Van Fleet, Silver Moon, American Pillar, Dor 
othy Perkins, Paul’s Scarlet Climber, with Climbing American 
Beauty and Tausendschon or Thousand Beauties as close sec¬ 
onds to the last choice. Now, these lists might be greatly ex¬ 
tended. For example, they include no Baby Ramblers, which 
are quite free flowering or continuous in their habits of bloom, 
though they are not climbers at all, but roses especially desir¬ 
able for massing or border planting. 
We in America, as yet have made little use of the Rose in the 
landscape or even for planting in shrubbery borders. The Moss 
Roses, the Sweetbriars with their foliage of exquisite fragrance, 
and species of Wild Roses—lend themselves particularly well 
for massing around the edge of one’s lawn or in groups or col¬ 
onies in appropriate places. 
If you want roses for screening out some unsightly object, 
for covering a garage or other rear building, use the Climbers 
above mentioned. The important thing is to furnish nourishing 
soil, to prepare the ground by spading it at least 18 inches deep, 
the deeper the better, and to prune at the right time of year. 
Here again a little hand book on Roses will be a great aid. Most 
Roses should be pruned before they start growth in the spring, 
but Dorothy Perkins and her cousins should be pruned just as 
soon as they have finished blooming, usually in July. The other 
roses I have suggested like the Moss, the Sweetbriar and some 
of the Species require very little pruning. This is also true of 
Hugonis, the New Golden Rose of China sent to us by the Cath¬ 
olic Priest, Father Hugo, and due to bloom among the very 
earliest. 
The brief resume of rose possibilities for the home lawn 
would be most incomplete without mention of the spectacular 
display effects possible with some of our newer climbers. It is 
a revelation to some people to realize what an abundance of 
bloom and flowers for cutting may be enjoyed the second and 
third year after planting. For instance, a good two-year-old 
bush of Dr. Van Fleet may be had from any first-class nursery¬ 
man for about $1.00. Your own two hands and a spade with a 
little fertiliser will make a good start this year. Such a bush 
with us has not infrequently proved its capacity to produce fully 
one thousand blossoms by the third year and annually there¬ 
after. The cost is quickly forgotten amid the abundance of 
bloom. 
Do you see how easily a few of the right Roses at a very 
small expense may be made to beautify your archway, arbor, 
trellis, a pergola or fence in a fashion totally to transform in a 
few years the appearance of your surroundings? 
There is some risk in the way of disease or insects, but if 
treated from the standpoint of prevention you will have little 
to cure. Begin as soon as the leaves are formed and spray 
every two weeks with “All-In-One”, or any first class fungicide 
and insecticide will discourge mildew and black spot from 
starting. You may have to fight off rose bugs, for which no 
adequate remedy has been found, though Melrosine is probably 
as good as anything yet produced. 
On behalf of the American Rose Society, permit me to call at 
tention to the advantages of membership in this splendid or¬ 
ganization. It is made up of about 3000—mainly amateurs of 
those who love the Rose. Many think that the Annual publica¬ 
tion of over 190 pages, written, this year, by over 89 members 
and edited by J. Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, is alone well 
worth the membership fee of $3.00 per year. Another privilege 
this year, greater than ever, will be the opportunity to partici¬ 
pate in the Rose Pilgrimages planned by and for the members 
These are in preparation for Washington, D. C. about June 1st, 
Portland, Oregon, June 12th, 13th and 14th; Seattle, Wash., June 
19th, 20th and 21st; Boston, Mass, about June 23rd and 24th, 
with probably arrangements for similar meetings in the neigh¬ 
borhood of Syracuse, New York and Minneapolis, Minn. Full 
announcements with schedule of the program for visiting out¬ 
standing gardens of each neighborhood with names of local 
officers in charge will be sent to members of record about the 
third week in May. This announcement will contain a list of 
members alphabetically and geographically arranged. Thus by 
joining you will be put in touch with the best Roses, the lead¬ 
ing rose activities and the most interesting Rose people to be 
found in this country. Simply send $3.00 to me at West Grove, 
Pa., and I will cheerfully send the 192 page American Rose 
Society Annual which contains the names of the most reliable 
rose-growers in this country and other membership privileges, 
together with a list of Roses recommended above if desired. 
Also please write to me if you have among your friends one 
who would cherish the chance to have his name become known 
the world over as a benefactor of mankind for a thousand years. 
Professor Charles Sprague Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum 
has promised so to honor the Donor of a Memorial Rose Garden 
such as he would build. I am helping Professor Sargent to find 
the man who would be willing to pay the amount required. If 
you could know the joy in store for those who grow their own 
roses and share the product of this wholesome toil you would 
not let another season pass without providing for your own 
home lawn some of these delightfully improved varieties. 
CIVIC HONORS FOR PAUL LINDLEY 
Mr. Paul C Lindley, of Pomona, North Carolina, has 
been elected lo the City Council of Greensboro, North 
Carolina. 
Mr. Lindley is evidently held in great esteem by bis 
fellow townsmen as be was third on the list out of 
twelve candidates. 
We congratulate Mr. Lindley on the honor conferred 
upon him and on the town in securing the services of 
so able and conscientious a man. 
