Evening star., 1933-06-07

cate them in ones own garden. they
brush the warning aside.
Well. it is brave to grow them. any
way, and try for ones self This is
the bravery OF the garden, to attempt
something for ones self. There is
nothing like trying. after all The
writer here will never forget his first
experiences with the beautiful Souvenir
de ClaudiuS Pernet. Like yellow water
lilies, its blooms seemed. reposing in
the florists window. Surely any one
might duplicate them outdoors. Well,
one did not. nor did any one else
Gradually the catalogues admitted as
much. that the flower was extremely
difficult to secure in its best state in
the out OF doors And, of course, II
one could not grow 1t to its maximum
OF perfection, one did not care to grow
it at all. 1t had that sort of beauty.
Proper selection. therefore. Is the
first rule. Stick to the better known
old favorites Of everybody'S garden.
The voice of the people is the voice
of God" in the garden at least. Most
people want flowers. with a minimum
of fuss. To get them, one needs a
hardy. trouble-free bush or climber
If one secures them, and has good
roses as a result, he should laugh up
his sleeve thereafter when he hears
any one sneer at his varieties. The
Sneering business has been cverworked
in all lines, and particularly among
the flowers.
The fact that he grows good roses,
however, from his few and chosen
plants, does not mitigate in the least
the extreme difficulty Of growing
many Of the others well.
Frankly. they need more care than
the average home gardener is going to
give them. He may talk big" at first
about the Necessity for much spraying
and powdering and fertilizing, but in
time his enthusiasm lags; he begins
to feel that Nature did not mean him
to be a rosarian, honorable title though
it is.
That is the truth
There are only a few rOSarians wor-
thy of the name in the world at any
one time
, BY ''rosarians" we do not mean hy-
bridizers, creators of new varieties only,
but all persons who really love this one
flower so much that they are willing
to go to any trouble and expense to
grow it properly
The average home-owner simply does
not qualify. He loves all the flowers,
and wants to have as many as he can
around him. To spend all his time
pottering around his roSebuSheS Is un-
thinkable, as far as he is concerned.
He is right.
In the average garden the rose has
its place. but only its place.
Those who love roses the most are
the first to admit this obvious. natural
truth. The better one loves roses, the
more he loves all flowers. If he has q
small place, he will have to choose be-
tween few specimens of many, and
large number of a few. Most of us
prefer the former, as it gives more
scope, more flowers and, above ALL more
outlet for the human spirit OF in
vestigation. that good curiosity which
wants to know. rather than just to
have. Possession Of garden Of roses
will never compare. for the average
person, to possession OF garden of
many flowers, including few good
roses.
The selection Of easily grown roses
which, at the same time. are good
roses, is the first rule. The second is
to let them alone, as far as possible
Too much care Of roses, as of most
flowers, is worse than none at all, far
worse. More roses are worried TO death
than are killed in any other way, even
by insects and fungi. One way of pes
tering a roSebuSh Is to water it all
the time. The good kind inStanced
need amazingly little water. They are
veritable camelS. In such a wet sea-
son as this they need no human assist
ance in SO far as water Is concerned.