But back there along the fence, or the corner of the garage, are places 
for such fine old climbers as the deep-carmine American Beauty, with the 
unforgettable fragrance, or the sunset-hued Beauty of Glazenwood . . . 
the brilliant Austrian Copper . . . Gloire de Dijon, richly colored and 
repeating, the not-so-old but delightful Mme. Gregoire Staechlin, the 
radiant, climbing Shot Silk, of about the same vintage . . . Climbing 
Souvenir de la Malmaison, delicately beautiful and admired for a hundred 
years . . . Tausendschon, big and lusty, truly the “rose of a thousand 
beauties” .. . Veilchenblau, a cloud of magenta, lilac and violet tones in 
great spring blooming. Perhaps you will have a spot for the sweetbrier, 
Eglantine, to apple-scent your whole garden. 
Between these lovely background, mass-blooming roses and your bed 
of hybrid teas, we suggest a sample planting of the old bush roses. . . 
a pink Crested Moss, and the rose-pink, dramatic Gloire des Mousseaux 
. a rugosa, Blanc Double de Coubert, pure white with heavenly 
fragrance, or perhaps the pink Delicata . . . the lovely, cupped tea rose, 
Duchesse de Brabant, always in bloom . . . a few varied Hybrid Perpetuals, 
tall-growing and profuse . . . the dark red General Jacqueminot, pink 
George Arends, glowing deep carmine, Marshall P. Wilder, the white 
“Snow Queen,” Frau Karl Druschki. You should have a China rose . 
we suggest Hermosa . . . a Damask, Mme. Hardy, vintage 1832... 
Variegata di Bologna, Centifolia, full-bodied, striped and so different. All 
these varied types add that interest, charm and distinction to a rose garden 
which hybrid teas alone cannot provide. 
To you, fortunate owners of country homes with acres of ground, old 
fences, out-of-the-way nooks and corners, what a feast of spring and summer 
beauty can be yours! Here the old-fashioned roses are at their best . . . 
Belle of Portugal, earliest in spring; the Cherokees, red, pink and white; 
the intriguing Chestnut Rose, always in bloom; groups of the apple scented 
Sweetbriers in the rougher places. There is the glossy foliaged, sulphur- 
yellow Mermaid, in all-season bloom . . . the Musks and their many hybrids, 
producing great fountains of snowy-white clusters . . . fine old R. Soulieana 
... the great briers, Harison’s Yellow and Hugonis, “‘first to tell that spring 
is at hand,” and many, many more. What mass-color, size and fragrance, 
growing bigger and more spectacular with every season! 
You will have space also for a charming old-fashioned garden, quite 
apart from your hybrid teas. Best to try a plant or two of the many types, 
to determine those you like best, and also, those which like you. There 
are still hundreds of old roses available to please every taste and awaken 
old memories. 
