ROSES THAT BLOOM THE WHOLE SEASON. 105 



It cannot be expected that these plants will show 

 their growth and elegant habit when in flower, if 

 they are merely deposited with their roots under 

 ground, without any system of arrangement or 

 culture. In the first place, the situation must not 

 be subject to inundations of water ; neither will 

 they do well on a wet soil. They require what is 

 technically termed a " dry bottom," either natu- 

 rally so, or artificially made ; the soil deep and 

 rich, having a considerable proportion of sand in 

 it; and if not very rich, rendered so by thoroughly 

 rotted manure, or black earth from the woods. 

 Their arrangement can be carried out into many 

 forms, and to any required extent, according to 

 the taste of the cultivator. A very agreeable 

 method is to have them in groups, with the tallest 

 in the centre, trained in a pyramidal or pillar form, 

 and the dwarf sorts forming the base of the pyra- 

 mid ; they may be thus disposed, keeping those 

 of a color together, or mixing the colors. Group- 

 ing those of a color together is the most appro- 

 priate method. The eye is then relieved in view- 

 ing the groups, by passing from white to crimson, 

 and from crimson to white ; whereas, if the colors 

 are blended toofether in each mass, the effect is 

 that of confusion and monotony, without any in- 

 terest after the first glance. The same system 



