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wide, and south of tlic |)a\'ilion the ai'ea is i"ou,u,1tK' in tlie shape 

 ot a rioht-an^led trianule with a convex hy]K)tenuse. Tlie whole 

 t;arden is hounded by a wide border containing wild roses with 

 their horticuhural derivatives not included in tlie central beds. 

 Tliese, with the rose-cox'ered fence behind, si'rve as a frame or 

 settiuLi tor the rest of tlie L^arden, and u,i\'e a definiteness and 

 ditiuity to the (-oniposilion that is often hickin^ in the ordinary 

 collection of bedding roses. It. is not eas\' to assemble (juickK- a 

 collection ol wild roses, and our exhibit of species is still far from 

 (-omjilete, but we are constantly addinu, new ones and it is hoped 

 thai in the near fulin-e we shall have a lart^f rejjresenlalion of 

 roses of this type. 



Next to the boundary border comes a walk which extends 

 around the whole ,^arden. Inside the walk the triangular area 

 south of the ])a\ilion contains three beds of irreiiular shai)e set 

 in turl. The southerniuost bed contains Swin-lbrier roses and 

 the h\l)rids known as the Penzance briers de\-el()])ed by Lord 

 Penzance from ihv Coiumon Sweetbrier, Rosii Ei!^lanteria {R. 

 riibiginosa). ddie bed on the east is occupitnl by roses of his- 

 torical interest such as the I'rovence, Musk, Damask roses, etc. 

 The bed on the west is temporarily occaipied b>' (he \'ariety 

 Mary Wallace, the scraml)ling growths of which are arched and 

 tied down. 



North of tlu^ pax'ilion, the central gi'ass panel is occupied bv 

 three rows of li\-e beds, each ten feet wide and aboiU tifty feel 

 long. The centei^ row ot beds contains Hybi'id Peri)etual roses 

 with a border ol Polyantha roses. The side beds contain 

 Noisette, Tea, Bourbon, (dnna. Hybrid Tea, and Pernetiana 

 roses with the major poilion of the area giv(Mi ()\'(>r to the popular 

 Hybrid Teas. 



The walks are spanned 1)\' t(Mi doubl(> arches of metal which 

 sui)p()i"t climbing and rambler I'oses. A low of ornamental con- 

 crete ])osls, lhii'(>' in all, connected ])\- t-hains, extends down the 

 center of the beds on two sides of the ciMilrat ])anel. These are 

 for the support ot I'ose festoons. Cedar i)osls foi' ])illar roses are 

 placed at inter\als along the boundar\' boi'der. On tlie terrace 

 slopes around (he paxilion, roses of the varieties Ma.x (iraf and 



