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The Hwlkullurisl and Journal 



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Hose Beds. 



BV C. P. HAYKS, or MILLKU AND IIAVK.S. I'lIILA, PA. 



AS the formation of a rose bed is not de- 

 signed for the season only in which it is 

 planted, but to remain permanently, annually 

 increasing in growth and beauty, it is there- 

 fore necessar}' to select those best adapted in 

 habit, growth and variety of flowers to accom- 

 plish these results. From the large number of 

 varieties now grown in this country, it would 

 seem that little difiiculty should be experi- 

 enced in making the proper selections, and in- 

 deed it is true, a rose bed composed of the 

 popular old varieties may at all times be an ob- 

 ject of admiration and interest, still we think 

 the general appearance and eff'ect can be 

 vastly improved by choice selections and 

 proper arrangement. Generally, the ama- 

 teur prefers the bed to contain individual 

 plants properly assorted and arranged, har- 

 monious in form and varying in color of 

 flowers, rather than comprising one entire 

 color, however rich. And in this we believe 

 him to be correct, unless he has a large gar- 

 den in which collections of specific colors 

 can be formed in groups, or an extensive 

 lawn, where a rosarium can be artistically 

 and tastefully planted with all the groups in 

 variety and also in masses of definite colors for 

 producing the finest eff'ect and beautiful con- 

 trast. For single beds to complete desirable 

 results during the entire season, the varieties 

 should consist of selections from the classes 

 or groups, known to rose growers in their 

 specific names, as Noisettes, Bourbons, 

 Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, etc., each possess- 

 ing qualities of peculiar merit, and from 

 these we are to select. As stated in a former 

 article, the novelties and improvements of 

 the varieties in some classes has indeed been 

 very striking, and we could name many 

 combining the most desirable qualities suita- 

 ble for enriching a choice bed, but to do so 

 at present, might deter many from enjoying 

 a good rose bed, by their inability to pro- 



cure them in quantities, owing to the scarcity 

 and consequent high price. Therefore we 

 propose to name some of those of known 

 merit, mostly grown from importations of the 

 past five or six years, in connection with the 

 deservedly esteemed older varieties, now 

 raised by most of our florists, who give any 

 attention to propagating the rose. The 

 usual form is a circular bed. In one of 

 fifteen feet in diameter, four circular rows 

 can be planted with roses two feet apart and 

 two feet from each other around a center. 

 The center and first circle should be planted 

 with the most vigorous and erect-growing 

 varieties for training to stakes from four to 

 six feet in height. The roses well suited for 

 this purpose are. Hybrid Perpetuals, Glory 

 of Waltham, Genl. Jacqueminot, Le Enfant 

 du Mt. Carmel, Madame Baroune de Roth- 

 schild, Madame Chirard, Madame Barriott, 

 Duchess of Sutherland, Jules Margotten, 

 Thyra Hammerick, Geant des Battailles, 

 Paul Neron, Baronne Hausmann, and Noi- 

 settes, Washington, Margarita, Ophyrie and 

 Solfaterre. (These may be classed as pillar 

 roses, and any of them used as single speci- 

 mens on lawns or in gardens for that pur- 

 pose.) For the second circle from the center 

 we would name other Hybrid Perpetuals of 

 robust habit, but more moderate growth, 

 as Comtesse D'Oxford, Prince Camille de 

 Rohan, Xavier Olibo, Achille Gonod, Virgil, 

 Princess Christian, Dr. Lemee, Genl. Wash- 

 ington, Aurora Borealis, Bertha Baron, 

 Chas Lefebvre, Coquette des Alps, Edouard 

 Morran, Felix Genero, Jno. Hopper, La 

 Reine, Madame Victor Verdier, Souv. de 

 Wm. Wood, Reine Blanche, Vicomtesse de 

 Vezins. Third circle from center : Bour- 

 bons, Souv. de la Malmaison, Hermosa, 

 George Peabody ; and Hybrid Perpetzials, 

 La France, Marquise de Castellane, Marie 

 Baumann, Pitord, Perle Blanche, Henri 

 Pages, Beauty of Waltham, Alfred Colomb, 

 Boule de Neige, Mons. Boncenne, Velours 

 Pourpre, Victor Verdier and Lady Emily 

 Peel. Fourth and outer circle may be 

 planted six inches from the border and 

 closer in the row with China Roses, as Agrip- 



