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A Rose Garden Planting Scheme 



GAZES. 



It has been written that a genius is born and not 

 made. This may be applied to all walks of life. The 

 artist who paints, the sculptor who carves in stone, 

 the builder of brid^^es, are all to be classed as men 

 of genius. Equally so is the man who designs and 

 lays out a garden, provided he walks hand in hand 

 with Nature, and does as Nature's Creator has done 

 — providing everything in harmony. As is music with- 

 out harmony, so is a garden. The blending of colours, 

 or a colour scheme which synchronises, is always rest- 

 ful and pleasing. 



It has always been our aim in the designing and 

 laying out of a garden, no matter how small or how 

 large, to insure that the result may be one that will 

 bring rest to those who walk within it. 



That garden design and gardening is hereditary 

 there is no doubt ; for we know that for four genera- 

 tions past on both sides of our parentage our pre- 

 decessors have been closely associated with gardens 

 and garden design ; indeed, we suppose that we could 

 lay claim to even a longer lineage, for did not our 

 first parents in the Garden of Eden till the soil? 



In presenting the enclosed plan for the reader's 

 consideration, the scheme adopted is as follows : — 



The garden is enclosed on two sides by Yew 

 hedges, which w^ill be kept clipped into shape. At 

 each of the corners are planted bold clumps of Rosa 

 Rugosa, and at each end a pergola is erected, upon 

 which will climb such delightful Roses as the Ameri- 

 can Pillar Rose, Climbing Captain Christy, Caroline 

 Testout, Irish Elegance, Mrs. \V. J. Grant, La France, 

 Blush Rambler, Lady Gay, Minnehaha, and inter- 

 mixred with these the Purple Clematis Jackmanii and 

 other varieties of mauve Clematis, in addition to which 



