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she cannot stand it, but will inevitably pine away; 
she tolerates no rival near her throne, and will not 
show her full beauty if she has one. 
It should be understood that in this I am speaking 
of the best Roses, H.P.s and Teas, as hereafter 
described, and that there is now an increasing 
number of Garden or Decorative Roses, as they are 
called, which may be used in these positions. Few 
of these are as strong-growing, fine, and perpetual 
as one could wish, or as they probably will be when 
Raisers have fully recognised what is required of 
the ideal Garden Rose; but Lord Penzance’s 
Sweet-briars, for example, are fully capable of 
holding their own in the company of any herbaceous 
plants or even shrubs. 
For me, beds must be made for the Rose and the 
Rose alone. No! no mignonette or other annuals 
to “hide the bare ground,” since standards need 
not be more than two feet high in stem, and dwarfs 
should be close enough together to do all the 
ground-hiding required. Let there be Rose beds 
sacred to the Rose, and let them all be grown 
together in the very best situation to be found; 
for standards dotted about singly here and there 
by the side of the drive or in holes on the lawn 
are much more difficult to manage and care for 
properly than if they were all together in prepared 
ground. It is well known that you can feed 100 
_ people much better and cheaper in proportion than 
you can one person by himself. And so, if the 
Rose is in a big bed with many others, the food can 
be applied with greater economy and effect, and the 
roots can find in any direction the same congenial 
proper soil and nourishment. 
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