Evening star., 1945-06-02
This and That
By Charles E. TrdceUeH.
CHEVY CHASE. Md.


Dear Sir:
Il have not seen anything in your
column about the Paul Scarlet rose.
This, to my mind, is one of the best of
all possible roses in the best of all
possible countries, and I wish you would
say something about it, sometime.
Every year this blooms I think 1t is
the finest of all my roses, and I have
scores of them, of various breeds, and
1 love them all, but the Paul Scarlet is
the one sure-fire rose
Every year I am astounded at the
beauty, that deep red color, so beautiful,
living up to its name. The intensity of
the coloring is brought out in the sun
shine. 1t is no wonder that its offshoot,
the Blaze, is so-called.
Truly this Paul Scarlet is a thing of
glory in the plant kingdom When it
is trained against the back of house
it covers nicely, although not as ram
pageous as the DR.. Van Fleet.
Il love all the roses, but this one is
my favorite and think it deserves that
We all keep it in mind.
Yours truly, NJ D. c."
Paul's Scarlet is, indeed, one of the
finest roses.
1t has been tested in countless gardens
1or many years and always manages to
win friends and influence people.
1t has knack of putting up good
show, even when it is on its last legs.
Some roses look very bedraggled when
the blooms are about gone, but not so
Pauls Scarlet. The vines look we'll,
even when the petals are about to fall
off.
The sheer purity of color is kept to
the last.
Roses come and roses go, but here is
one to tie to, as the expression has it.
Breeding new roses and giving them
new names has been profitable in
dustry for many years. Especially since
right after the First World War Then
people had plenty of money and were
moving into new homes, many of them
then having bit of land for the first
time in their adult lives.
The first thing they thought of, next
to a dog, was roses.
Roses somehow manage to entwine
themselves with home and affection.
They are part of home life, and any
kind of rose, properly planted and cared
for, is about as good as any other kind.
1t is the care which counts. Rose
snobbery is not unknown, but sensible
people 60 right ahead planting the
varieties they like. and which look good
to them.
They make many mistakes and their
tastes change, over the years, but there
is one thing certain-nobody ever goes
back on such beauties as Pauls Scarlet
and the DR.. Van Fleet, among the
climbers, and the Radiances, among the
bush roses.
They are common, perhaps, but sure
fire, as our correspondent says.
Rose vines not only cover fences, but
they afford some food for birds, which
eat the aphids, or plant lice.
Most species feed them to the young.
These aphids are succuent, full of
moisture or milk, and give baby birds
drink as well as food.
1t will not be necessary, then for the
friend of birds to spray his Pauls Scar
let and DR.. Van Fleet with nicotine
solution.
These hardy vines are not harmed by
aphids, and the bugs" are good for
the birds. A lively bunch of sparrows
will clean up vine in no time. Eng
lish sparrows like to park their~b babies
in the vines and then feed them the
aphids and teach the young how to eat
for themselves.
correspondent wants to know how
to protect cherry trees from birds. No
one ought to want to keep birds out of
cherry trees. But if it is thought neces-
sary, inflated paper bags, tied to the
branches, may do the trick.