THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



place here posts and chains, upon which rambler roses will be 

 grown, with standard roses of the fountain type in the, alternate 

 beds. The third circle of beds is devoted to mass planting of 

 hybrid tea roses, that is each bed is filled with one kind of rose, 

 so that the effect of a large mass of one color may be appreciated. 



The long beds located between the marginal walks and the 

 boundaries of the garden are planted with a double row of hybrid 

 perpetual roses in the front, while in the rear are placed roses 

 of a taller type, such as hybrid sweet briers and Japan or rugosa. 

 The remaining beds, at present developed, are devoted to hybrid 

 teas, teas, and Pernetiana. The beds of this interior portion now 

 completed are those along the marginal walks, and the double 

 series of transversely placed beds located on each side of the main 

 walks which proceed from the center to the three entrances of the 

 garden. The remainder of the beds indicated in the plan are at 

 present undeveloped. 



It has been the aim to make the planting of this garden as 

 varied as possible. Many beds are devoted to but one kind of 

 rose, such beds containing from thirty up to as many as eighty- 

 four plants. Other beds, containing about thirty plants, have 

 two, three or four kinds. Some of the larger beds of the in- 

 terior of the garden along the marginal walks contain several 

 hundred roses, representing many kinds, ranging from four 

 to a dozen or sixteen of each. This varied planting will produce 

 many combinations, so that rose-planting in its many aspects may 

 be demonstrated. 



The educational side of the garden is to be emphasized, and so 

 the labeling of the roses will be an important element. Each 

 kind of rose will be furnished with a label which will give in- 

 formation as to the type of rose, its horticultural name, and the 

 donor's name, when the rose is donated. 



The stone steps given by J\Irs. Robert E. Westcott, an an- 

 nouncement of which gift has already been made, are now com- 

 pleted, and are shown in the accompanying illustration. These 

 add greatly to the surroundings of the garden. If you would 

 realize what this garden will be when completed, take your stand 

 at the top of these steps and look out over the rose garden spread 



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