The delicate perfumery, the exquisite form and color of the blooms found In well-grown roses keeps them a year-to-year favorite with most home owners. Whether in a large formal garden, a small garden or just a few plants placed around the yard, roses are extremely rewarding plants and bring joy to the whole family.

Late fall is a good time to plant roses, which may be put into the ground at any time so long as the ground remains friable, says Dr. Richard P. White, former executive secretary of the American Association of Nurserymen.

First think of your favorite colors when you select your rose plants," says Dr. White, "pink, red, yellow, white and all their intermediate shades like salmon and gold are ready for the choosing. Many gardeners like a mixture of the latest colors, not forgetting the old standbys which are always popular.

"Second, think of the uses for your roses. You may wish a garden of roses alongside a porch or on a terrace, or to grace a view from a picture window. You may wish a hedge or trellis of roses; climbing roses on the walls of the house, or along a nondescript fence, in order that it will flame into a riot of color. Spot your roses where they will give the whole family the most pleasure.

"Here are a few hints. The newer and very popular Fieribundas, when successfully used in mass .plantings and edgings for paths, drives and borders will provide a continuous show of color and a delightful source of cut blooms. The large flowering climbers will transform a doorway, gateway, garage or fence. They will provide plenty of cut flowers too.

"But for longer stemmed cut roses and for the customary rose garden, vigorous hybrid teas of great variety are available.

HERE are a few of the historic prize-winning varieties. Fashion, a floribunda, coral-pink overlaid with gold; Mission Bells, a salmon; Capistrano, soft rose pink; Sutter's gold, yellow-pink; Forty-niner and Tally ho, bicolor are a few of the hybrid teas together with Diamond Jubilee, buff orange; Nocturne, red; Taffeta, salmon-apricot; San Fernando, scarlet; Rubaiyat, red; Peace, lemon-yellow; Mirandy, garnet; Horace McFarland, apricot; Katherine T. Marshall, pink; Dickson's Red, red, and Mary Margaret McBride, pink. All of the above are all- America rose selections for recent years. There are, of course, many other proved favorites."

When you receive your plants from your nurseryman get them into the ground immediately. Roses like fairly heavy, but well-drained soil. Dig a hole about two feet deep. At the bottom, place a layer of course gravel or cinders six inches in depth. Take the best top soil from the hole and mix it with about 25 per cent peat moss and 10 per cent well-rotted manure. Take the plant between your thumb and forefinger, grasping firmly by the graft or bud union, and hold the union just at the finished bed level. With your other hand work the soil into the hole and carefully around all the roots until the hole is about three-quarters full. Next firm it with your foot and then flood it with water to settle the soil. Then put the rest of the soil in the hole and repeat firming and watering process.

Your nurseryman is always glad to advise and if you have any question consult him.