MME. HARDY—"'So ExaquisitrELy PErFEctT’’ 
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“There is a feeling of security in a well-kept garden of old-fashioned flowers. I suppose 
those like myself who have passed the half-century mark, take to old things,—roses, books, 
china, furniture, houses,—because they remind us of a time when wars stayed where they 
belong, behind the covers of history books.” —Rutn Burton 
Because of our great interest in the ‘‘Roses of Yesterday’’ we 
have become known generally as “‘old rose’’ specialists, even 
though half those we grow are modern. Certainly no one has a 
greater admiration for today’s beautiful hybrid teas and polyan- 
thas. 
The catalog-writer is an amateur at heart and hopes to remain 
so. Like you perhaps, I first planted very dubiously, a few roses 
from containers,—having known only the florists’ “‘ten dollar per 
dozen kind.’’ I watched them grow and bloom with some amaze- 
ment, under my unskilled care . . . started visiting nurseries . . . 
wrote for everybody's catalog . . . joined the American Rose So- 
ciety, and bought more and better hybrid teas and polys. In short 
I became a full-fledged ‘‘rose-nut,’ very proud indeed of my 
reputation for having the biggest and best rose garden in my com- 
munity. 
