Evening star., 1928-06-08

Early June progress In the garden Is
satisfactory. If not startling. Plants are
growing we'll especially roscbushes.
which have made their first grand
splash of the 1923 season.
Roses would be eminently worth while
If they never did another thing In the
floral line than their great blushing act
Of late May and early June.
With the blooming of climbing Amerl-
can Beauty. followed by that of Thou-
sand Beauties, and the celebrated act
of the Radiance sisters. pink and red.
the roses may be said to have swept
the city with beauty.
There are many other fine roses,
some of which have made their first
bloom. others now coming into their
own, but the ones named take away the
prizes so far. We speak, of course,
strictly OF bushes in the garden, on
fences and at front doors.
In Georgetown there is stliccO door
way over which climbs that most brill
liant of roses. Paul's Scarlet, making a
truly beautiful sight This rose has the
merit of being mildew resistant, and
thus saves the spectator from the sight
of blight.
What is more ugly than a bad case
of mildew on roses? Here Is plant
designed to be beautiful. yet which suf-
fers from coating of white entirely
out of place and unwanted.
Because of this blight the old-faSh-
ioned Dorothy Perkins, a faVorite with
thousands of households. has gone into
comparative eclipse in recent years in
the face of such climbers as DR.. Van
Fleet and others
This group has shiny, almost var
nished. foliage. which seems to offer no
footing for the fungus. Resisting mill
dew these roses also have no liking for
black spot, the bane of all rose growers.
Roses have made excellent growth
this Spring. despite the curious weather
with its fluctuations from drynesS to
unusual wetneSS. One may suspect that
these shrubs are extremely tolerant.
Although they are supposed popularity
to stand dryneSs like a camel. 1t seems
equally true that no amount of rain
will hurt them, except in so far as 1t
tends to bring the various fungi and
ruin the blossoms.
Very few rose blooms will stand up
under much rainfall after they have
opened The flowers are SO heavy in
themselves that when they become sat
urated with waite even the stouteSt
stems begin to bend.
Many varieties "bullnose" in wet
weather; that is. the flowers do not
open normally but present a rounGed
head to the eye, anything but pleasant
to look at This is one of the misf0r-
tunes Of rose growing. The grower can
do nothing about the matter Nature
takes the rose out of his hands.
Sunshiny. warm weather seems to be
the best for roses from every practical
standpoint. not only holding mildew
and black spot and the So-called leaf
spot" In check but also allowing perfect
development of the flowers from bud to
maturity
There are comparatively few flowers
that will stand heavy rains without
damage OF hand, one can think of
but the gladioluS and the iris. sisters
III great plant family
We have watched gladiolus spikes in
fun bloom bend beneath the fury OF
lashing Summer storm Of an hours
duration. only to come out OF 1t fresh
and smiling. in no whit hurt by the
gallons OF water dashed upon their
flowers.
Is a garden ever any prettier than
about June /, when climbing and bush
roses, iris. peonies and Oriental poppies
make glad the eye Of the observer?
Perhaps so, when ANIMALS have added
their charm But certainly the garden