CHAPTER IV 
PLANTING: WITH LAYING OUT OF THE BEDS AND 
PROTECTION 
SITUATION and soil being settled, we have next to 
lay out and prepare the beds, to plant the Roses, 
and to protect the delicate and tender kinds from 
being injured by frost. 
Let it be first understood that for proper cultiva- 
tion the Rose must have a place to itself. Although 
I sympathise with that large number of cultivators 
who plant Roses in mixed borders among strong 
herbaceous plants and even shrubs, it must be said 
that it is next to impossible to bring the Rose to 
perfection in such surroundings. When wondering 
much at the number of extra tall standards to be 
seen in nurserymen’s grounds, and as to who could 
be found to buy them, I have been told that there 
is a large demand for them in some gardens for 
certain situations, ‘‘ where a tall standard Rose 
would just come in”—between two huge clumps of 
delphinium, perhaps, or ‘‘so that it would just 
show nicely from behind over that bushy shrub.” 
It must be laid down that to make the queen of 
flowers take a back seat is an impracticable task ; 
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