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A Rose Garden Planting Scheme 



WILLIAM FERGUSON. 



William Ferguson, of Dunfermline, who has been 

 associated with Rose growing- for over 27 years, sends 

 Roses to all parts of the country, and also to Canada. 

 The nurseries are situated close to the town of Dun- 

 fermline, and the soil is well suited for Rose culture. 

 He is sending out this year (1922) for the first time a 

 new seedling Rose of his own raising, viz., " Souv de 

 R. B. Ferguson," which is of sterling merit. This is 

 one of a very fine collection of seedling Roses which 

 are now under cultivation in his nurseries, and which 

 will be sent out in the near future. 



On page 263 is a plan of a Rose garden which, 

 if filled with Roses of first-class quality, consistent 

 with a good colour arrangement, should have a mag- 

 nificent effect during the flowering season and should 

 last in flower from June until October. As regards 

 planting arrangements, it would be better to keep one 

 distinct variety in each bed. Starting from the centre 

 there are four groups of beds and bowers, two beds 

 and one bower in each group surrounding the lily 

 pond ; two groups of beds, the one opposite the other, 

 could be kept all to one colour, viz., crimson selected 

 from such varieties as Red Letter Day, Lieut. Chaure, 

 Richmond, Gen. McArthur, Hug^h Dickson, and 

 Liberty. The bowers in these two groups could be 

 Dorothy Perkins. The other two groups of beds could 

 be yellow, selected from such varieties as Mrs. 

 Wemyss Quin, Margaret D. Hamill, Madam Ravary, 

 Lady Hillingdon, Golden Emblem, Souv. de Claudius 

 Permet, and Harry Kirk. The bower or standard 

 here could be Excelsa. The groups of (the three 

 triangular beds facing the crimson beds should be 

 light shades, selected from Ophelia, La Tosca, James 

 Ferguson, Clarice Goodacre, Pharisaer, Gorgeous, and 

 Lyon Rose. The opposite groups facing the yellow 

 beds could be pink and cerise shades, selected from 



