Show FLAWS FLAWS IN THE ROSE ROSL I When a garden t becom becomes s a joy joy- joyful I ful tul possibility most people turn at once onre to the thought of ros roses s. s Now roses loses have no place in landscape gar gar- ar- ar dening As a rule they do not belong In the front yard This may may sound shocking and antI heretical but it is true at least so far far far-as as the he common double- double flowered roses are concerned Th The rhe place for roses is III in th the lower flower garden den and the thc place for the flower I garden Ne is s in the rear or off at one side by Itself Roses Hoses have too many Insect enemies Their foliage Is Js always al being d destroyed I For or the ordinary per person on it Is ls riot worth while to spray them Probably half the plants of ot all kinds sold soh 1 in America by br nurserymen are ae roses Everybody loves roses but In n practice no one takes good care of 01 them the rose specialist Personally Personally- PerSonal Person lly ly J. J prefer r peonies to roses for my garden They have larger flowers which last ast lon longer er than roses they make a lJ move molO compact and shapely bush have an an- abundance of rich dark green foliage coming into bearing earlier arc hardier and longer-lived longer than most roses and they are remarkably ably free tree from and disease All they lack is poetry perfume per per- ler- ler fume thorns and bugs hugs But I shall not quarrel with anyone who prefers roses If you really want roses rose you would better have them even if lf you vou fail Wilhelm Miller in April Pilgrim |