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perhaps more telling and effective when well in- 
troduced about the pleasure ground, but here the 
beds should be of large size and well brought 
out. 
SiruaTion.—This is rather a difficult subject to 
treat, for everyone who has a garden, whether it be 
in the smoky atmosphere of a manufacturing town, 
in wet, low, or high situations, must have Roses ; 
and, indeed, what flower garden is complete without 
them ? If there is a possibility of choice, select an 
open, airy situation, on ground rather elevated than 
otherwise, in a pure, free air, far away from all 
smoke, and remote from the shade and roots of 
large trees. In such a spot, with the help of 
anything like good soil, the Rose can be grown in 
- the highest perfection, and the amateur may treat 
himself with every variety, whatever its habit of 
erowth may be. But the proportion possessing 
these favoured localities is necessarily limited. 
Where such localities are not to be had, a greater 
amount of care and attention will be required in 
cultivation, and this will be increased in confined 
situations, more particularly where there is much 
smoke. 
Nothing is so hurtful to the Rose as smoke. 
This is apparent from the difficulty experienced in 
growing Roses in the immediate neighbourhood of 
large manufacturing towns. But even here the 
amateur need not despair, for, with a proper 
selection of sorts and a little extra attention, they 
may be cultivated with considerable success. For 
such localities good, hardy, free-growing sorts must 
