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Ve 
oe As 
Roses of ©esterday 
Fashion may have changed but beauty never.” 
If you are a rabid hybrid tea enthusiast and can see no rose beauty 
except that which is so brilliantly pictured and superlatively advertised in 
modern catalogues, best turn to “THE NEWER ROSES, page 47, my 
friend . . . these words are not for you. We have no quarrel with you... 
our admiration for the hybrid tea rose is probably as great as yours. Our 
enjoyment in them, however, does not exclude an absorbing interest in 
that great rose background to the hybrid teas covered by the general 
term “old-fashioned.” 
To those whose hobby has grown a bit jaded with the many modern 
varieties offered each season, the old roses furnish a fascinating vista far 
back through the years . . . the ancient species, Chinas, Damasks, Bourbons, 
Centifolias, Noisettes, Mosses, Ramblers, Rugosas, Teas, Polyanthas, the 
big, hardy Hybrid Perpetuals. What an infinite variety of color, type, 
perfume and plant habit! They have the charm and fine “workmanship” 
of old furniture, tapestry, old paintings, antique jewelry. They are the 
forebears of our modern favorites . . . the lavender and old lace of bygone 
days. 
Our modest knowledge of roses, alas, is not deeply rooted in memories 
of grandmother’s garden. We are the pupils of hundreds of amateur 
rosarians the country over, whose letters cross the desk each season, 
praising and appraising, condemning and complaining . . . you have 
taught us the little we know. We, like you, have “new” varieties each 
season, whose blooming is awaited with eager impatience. Perhaps they 
have been sent us for trial, or we have found them in some old garden, 
or have bought them from a fellow-nurseryman. There were over fifty 
this spring to view and judge for the first time. This is the annual reward 
for all the digging and spraying and fussing. 
We address ourselves first to you, Mr. and Mrs. Rose Enthusiast, with 
a neat little garden space on a suburban lot, which awaits some roses. 
Let us say you have decided on fifty plants, not all one season, perhaps, 
but ultimately. Now by all means indulge your fancy for several of those 
modern hybrid teas . . . plant them in the foreground along with some 
polyanthas for constant color. They will give you much pleasure, both in 
and out of the garden. 
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