Evening star., 1932-06-09
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

One of the best ways to pose as a
,, Rose Expert Is to pretend that you dc
not think Red Radiance much OF q
flower.
Admit that It Is "very nice" but in
sinuate that it is far surpassed by soma
rare bushes you possess.
Talk about its -Qiserable short
STEMS" and declara, 9Th a knowing
air, that it "bu1lnoSes" in wet weather
Then 60 into any garden in which
this old reliable Is we'll grown, and ad-
! NIT to yourself that for all-around gar
den satisfaction there is no rose bush
to touch it!
There can be little doubt that Red
Radiance far surpasses its older sister
Radiance.
Both in habit of bush and beauty OF
flower, the red variety is superior.
1t is, above all. the amateur garden
er's standby; he should never feel
downcast for a second when someone
attempts to damn it with faint praise.
There are many approaches to rose
growing.
Not every one can take the same
path, nor Is it necessary or desirable
he should
Walt Whitman said of himself, II am
large. contain multitudes"
The rose world may more truthfully
make the same claim. for there is in
it something for every home owner.
1t is curious trait, found in many
flower lovers, that once a certain plant
becomes widespread they lose interest
in it
The question remains:
Did they ever have any interest In
it?
Thus some profess to see nothing
lovely in the old favorite gladiolus, Mrs
Frank Pendleton. Immediately they
being to sing the praises OF some
variety which is new to the market
and whose bulb costs 50.
In a few years, II the new variety
has one-half the real worth and charm
of Mrs Pendleton. its CORN will be
selling for 10 cents. too, and these
floral snobs will be off on a new trail
of something so new that it is neces-
sarily expensive.
No more striking instance could be
given, perhaps of the false hold which
the acquisition of money has on the
American mind than this worship of the
thoroughly new and thoroughly ex-
pensive, to the detriment of good old
things whose only fault is that they are
now known and beloved by millions.
In the rose world the victim Of this
Sort Of thing Is at his-or her-worst
Every gardener knows some one per-
son. at least. who makes a vast pre-
terSe OF keeping up with the new roses
Any one may secure a catalogue OF
roses and shortly become an expert"
on the latest things in the field Wheth-
er the new plants will be as good as
the old ones in the long run of actual
experience, not even their originators
would dare to say.
They hope they will.
They have done their best, with ma
ture's kind help, to give the floWer-lov
ing world new tint, or new combi-
ration of tones. or a real oldtime fra
GRANGE in bud which formerly knew It
net
They attempt to make climbers.
which normally bloom but once. break
forth into blossom at several times dur
ing the growing season.
They search the world for new
bushes, in the hope that in the end
they may equal if possible, the popu-
larity Of Red Radiance.
In the meantime the sensible grower
goes right ahead planting this fine bush
for the sake of its flowers. its shapely
bush, and its sturdy, healthy growth.
He plants it, above all, for grower
satisfaction.
And by grower, Of course. We mean
the average home owner. that person
VINO is by no means interested in his
plants to the exclusion of the other af-
fairs of life, nor in raising roses to the
det-iment Of other types Of flowers.
He has neither the time. the patience
nor the desire to devote his entire