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A Rose Garden Planting Scheme 



G. G. WHITELEGG & COMPANY. 



The firm of G. G. VVhitelegg and Company was 

 established some fifteen years ago by Mr. G. G. 

 Whitelegg", who is well known as a hardy plant ex- 

 pert, and as a designer and constructor of rock and 

 formal gardens. In 19 19, Mr. Percy Murrell — son of 

 the late Edwin Murrell, of Shrewsbury — whose name 

 is well known to Rose growers, joined Mr. White- 

 legg in partnership, and the Orpington Nurseries, 

 where Roses are cultivated in large quantities, are 

 now under his care. 



There have been many changes in fashion in 

 gardening, and many types of gardens and different 

 classes of plants have become great popular favour- 

 ites from time to time ; yet to-day, when gardening 

 is a hobby whidh appeals to the greater number of 

 people than any other pursuit, our National Flower 

 — the Rose — is more firmly established than ever in 

 its position as the most popular and widely-loved 

 flower of all. There is no garden so small but it 

 must have Roses in it ; and none so large or elaborate 

 in design but it ihas a Rose garden as its centre-piece 

 and greatest attraction. 



The accompanying plan shows a Rose garden of 

 simple and pleasing design, laid out — as all Rose 

 gardens should be — in well-kept turf, with paths con- 

 structed of crazy paving stone. It is surrounded by 

 a hedge of that glorious Rose, "Gottfried Keller," 

 which cannot be excelled for this purpose, and at 

 either end there are three bold groups of Hybrid 

 Sweet Briars, planted outside the garden proper. The 

 beds are planted with leading varieties of Hybrid Tea 

 and Tea Roses, each bed being devoted to one variety, 

 to give a bold and striking, yet harmonious, colour 

 scheme. This is arranged so that the four large 

 centre beds are red or crimson, and from these, in 



