WHERE CAN I GROW ROSES? 27 



select places for your roses where they will do best and give 

 you the most pleasure. 



Some varieties, as for example the Rugosas and the "rose 

 species," serve a very useful purpose when planted among the 

 shrubbery. Many other uses, too, are described on pages 39 

 to 52. The bush roses, however, including the Teas, Hybrid 

 Teas, and Hybrid Perpetuals, will prove most satisfying if 

 segregated and not mixed too much with other plants. 



The location will help to decide the shape of your bed, and 

 it is mainly a matter of taste as to whether it shah be straight, 

 curved, oblong, round, or square. The essential point to 

 remember is this: You will want to get within arm's reach oj 

 every rose in your bed, many times in a year, without stepping on 

 the bed. Not over 3 feet in width, therefore, and preferably 

 43^2 f^^'t is a good rule to follow. 



Arrange the roses 18 inches apart each way, unless they are 

 very vigorous growers, in which case allow 2 feet for spread. 

 In warm countries, where the growth is most luxuriant, and 

 for the big bushy sorts, even more room will be required. Again, 

 there is the other extreme as, for example, in making a border 

 or edging of Polyantha roses, a fme continuous effect may be 

 had by spacing them in the row at only 12 inches apart. 



The young garden in the pic- 

 ture on page 22 is well done. 

 Note the avenue effect produced 

 by the double row of Standard 

 or Tree roses on each side of the 



walk, set from 4 to 10 feet apart. This diagram shows a bed 3. feet 



T"I ^ v.^.^;^^ ^^^ ^f +T^^ k^r.,,-(-; wide for two rows. A bed this width. 



They remmd one Ot the beauti- -staggered/Svill require twelve roses 



ful rose-gardens in England. Up to every 9 feet, twenty-four roses 



^T Ti T -J I- L* if 18 feet long, and larger beds in 



the wall on each side climbmg the same proportion, 

 roses have been started. The 



front bed on the left in the picture is 4}. 9 feet square, and 

 contains nine roses. The front bed on the right, if 4} 2 feet 

 wide by 6 feet long, would contain twelve roses. The rear 

 bed on the right of the walk, if 43 9 feet wide by 13 feet long, 

 would contain twenty-four roses; and the long bed in the rear 

 on the left, if 4^9 feet wide by 20 feet long, would contain 

 thirty-six roses. 



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