IV PLANTING 55 
within nine or ten inches of each other. Between 
these extremes there will be many gradations, and 
care should be taken at the same time neither to 
inconvenience the plants by crowding nor to waste 
the room. Some tall sorts, like Fran¢gois Michelon 
or Her Majesty, are upright and not wide and 
bushy, and do not therefore require much room; 
while others, ike Comtesse de Nadaillac, though 
dwarf are spreading in growth, and cover more 
ground in proportion. Some guide to these 
‘“‘“manners and customs” of the varieties will be 
found in Chap. XII. It will be best, however, that 
the strong growers should be set wider apart if 
quantity rather than quality be aimed at, as in this 
case the plants will be allowed to increase in size at 
the annual pruning. There are also some varieties, 
both of H.P.s and Teas, which, even for exhibition 
purposes, should not be pruned much : and obviously 
more space should be allowed for them. The Gloire 
de Dijon race, the Maréchal Niel and the Noisettes, 
which are pruned on a different system and require 
much more space, should not be planted in the same 
beds with the H.P.s and Teas. 
But I am getting on too fast. We have to make 
up our beds after marking them out in the grass, 
and to do this properly everything will depend upon 
the nature of the soil and subsoil, instructions for 
dealing with which have been given in the last 
chapter. Whatever the soil may be, it should be 
moved at least two feet in depth; and unless the 
soil under that should prove thoroughly porous, 
affording good natural drainage, the beds must be 
properly pipe-draimed by a competent and _ trust- 
worthy man. That is the first thing; without good 
