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THE ROSE GARDEN 



From time to time progress has been noted in this Journal 

 of the new rose garden, which is being developed in coopera- 

 tion with the New York Botanical Garden. Since the last report 

 much has been accomplished. As has been stated before, it is 

 the part of the Horticultural Society, in its agreement with the 

 Botanical Garden, to furnish the rose plants. Nearly five thou- 

 sand rose bushes have been secured thus far by donations from 

 Messrs. Bobbink & Atkins, of Rutherford, N. J., the F. R. Pier- 

 son Co., of Tarrytown, N. Y., A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, 

 Ct., and Henry A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, Penn. These plants 

 have now^ been received, and have been planted by the New York 

 Botanical Garden. The great majority of these are of course 

 hybrid tea roses, with a smaller number of teas, and many hybrid 

 perpetuals are also included in the collection. Other types rep- 

 resented are : Pernetiana, hybrid sweet brier, China, Bourbon, 

 dwarf polyantha, moss, and Japan or rugosa. All told there 

 are now about 350 kinds represented in the collection. 



By reference to plate 31, an illustration of the general plan of 

 the rose garden, of the issue of this Journal for February of 

 this year, the following description of the planting of this garden 

 may be better understood. It will be noted that there is in the 

 central part of the garden a series of concentric circles of beds. 

 The beds in the first circle are planted with dwarf polyanthas. 

 The second circle is at present undeveloped, but it is planned to 



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