ROSES THAT BLOOM IN JUNE. 



operation is begun, the mind sliould be made up 

 on the proper disposition of the plants ; avoid 

 crowding, avoid formality, avoid hurry. Crowding 

 plants together is injurious in every respect. If 

 space is limited, choose the fewer sorts, or distri- 

 bute the inferior sorts to hedgerows or fences, 

 and put only the best that can be had, where they 

 are to form a permanent attraction. Formality of 

 design attracts attention for a time, but the eye 

 soon wearies of it. The most interesting dispo- 

 sition, and one that will offer the greatest variety, 

 is to plant the whites, blushes, pinks, roses, reds, 

 crimsons, and purples, each into separate clumps, 

 figures, or patches ; and to carry out a grand ar- 

 rang^ement, let each division, of the rose have its 

 appropriate locality. It is ten years since we first 

 called attention to this system of rose growing ; 

 it is now being generally adopted in England. 

 This EosARY can be formed on any piece of 

 ground, from a quarter of an acre to any required 

 extent, either on the lawn or any other spot for 

 the purpose. Let the ground be laid down in 

 grass, or if it is there already so much the better ; 

 then cut out on the grass various figures that may 

 be required, gi\^ng every plant from two to four 

 feet of room. With these few hints the reader 

 will see that such an arrangement will form a 



