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A Rose Garden Planting Scheme 



HUGH DICKSON, LTD. 



The business of Messrs. Hugh Dickson, Ltd., 

 founded by the father of the present proprietors well 

 over half-a-century ago, is situate at the base of the 

 hill which surrounds the progressive, if turbulent. 

 City of Belfast. 



Specialising in Roses from his earliest years, Mr. 

 Hugh Dickson, senior, soon made his expert know- 

 ledge felt, so that the Roses grown at his nurseries 

 are now known and grown in every country of the 

 world. 



To the public generally the firm are specially 

 known for the number and quality of the many new 

 Roses of sterling merit which they have introduced. 

 They introduced that greatest of all red Roses, *' Hugh 

 Dickson," sent out in 1Q04, including many of the 

 greatest garden Roses of the day. 



A simple and effective planting for a Rose garden 

 is given in accompanying plan, which will be found 

 equally effective on the flat or with a slope either to 

 or from the house. The outstanding feature is a Per- 

 gola running from the boundaries of the garden to a 

 central bower, with raised conical dome in the form 

 of an octagon. 



The eight supporting pillars, of which, planted 

 with the vigorous and hardy " American Pillar," with 

 its handsome, persistent, glossy foliage and large 

 trusses of single Rose-pink flowers, will make an effec- 

 tive centre piece. 



The 32 columns supporting the four radiating 

 walks should be planted in pairs of a variety of the 

 choicest of the Wichuraiana Hybrids, which would 

 completely clothe the Pergola in a couple of years. 



The Pergola practically divides the Rose garden into 

 four groups of eight beds each, with six standards 

 between the beds and a tall weeping standard in the 

 centre. 



These beds, to give the best effect, should each 



