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all planted in the kitchen g^ardcn, and between the rows 

 of trees were cabbages and decaying- cabbage stumps. 

 Granted the trees were healthy and covered with 

 bloom, but the smell of the cabbag-es was overpower- 

 ing. When I left I wrote on the back of my card : — 

 " The cabbage rotting in the air, 

 Defies the scented Rose ; 

 And every gardener must declare 

 It doth offend the nose." 



There is a place for everything, and surely the best 

 place in the garden belongs to the Rose by right. 



Before closing this chapter a few words as to paths 

 and grass, two of the most important and essential 

 features of every garden. 



On large estates the mowing of lawns and grass 

 round beds is indeed to-day a consideration when 

 labour is scarce and very dear. In my old Rose gar- 

 den it used to be my one great lament that it took up 

 so much valuable time and detracted so much from the 

 pleasure of gardening. Then, there was no "Atco " 

 motor mower to do in an hour what took possibly two 

 hard days' work for a man and a boy. I was aston- 

 ished to see such simplicity in a machine, indeed a child 

 can work it. It is hard enough to bend over your 

 trees, but to mow and roll as well, is too exacting. 

 Nevertheless the work has got to be done, and a debt 

 of gratitude goes up to Messrs. Chas. H. Pugh, Ltd., 

 for their wonderful invention. A well-kept lawn is 

 the true settng for a Rose bed ; it is like a well-mossed 

 box of Rose blooms at an exhibition. Even when 

 there are paths and walks and large paved spaces, yet 

 the Rose bed to look its best should be surrounded by 

 turf. Of course, this is not always possible in small 

 gardens, and the small amount of turf introduced would 

 hardly make any difference, and it would entail a lot 

 of labour to keep it in order. It is a very difficult 

 matter to advise without seeing a garden, as to the 

 right kind of path : so much depends upon the house 

 and situation. For a small garden, such as we find 



