26 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



not best by themselves in small beds ; never in large 

 beds, for here the sense of proportion is at once 

 offended. But in a Rose garden, for instance, whose 

 main form would be a long parallelogram, a scheme 

 of some little beds at the ends for the Pompons might 

 be designed with excellent effect, the next group of 

 beds being of kinds of moderate growth, and so on 

 to the larger Roses of the midmost section. Or, in 

 the Rose garden scheme, there may occur some very 

 narrow beds or borders intended to show only as a 

 wide line or single ribbon in the design. Here is the 

 place for the Pompons, and many a little nook in the 

 free garden, and above all in the rock-garden, where 

 they are admirable. 



The little Roses de Meaux, Spong, and Moss de 

 Meaux will serve the same use, also the small China 

 Cramoisi Superieur, and the tiny representatives of 

 the same family known as lawrenceana. 



There is also the very charming little Fairy Rose, 

 rarely seen and of doubtful origin, but perhaps the 

 loveliest little Rose, both for its tender colour and for 

 its supreme daintiness, that could well be imagined. 



Some of the best Pompons of the multifiora section — 

 Amelia Susanna Morin ; white, flushed yellowish. 

 Anne Maria de Montravel ; white. 

 Archduchess Elizabeth Marie; canary, buff and white to 



centre. 

 Bouquet parfait ; rose, darker edges. 

 Camille de Rochetaille ; white. 

 Clara Pfitzer ; silvery white, shaded rose. 

 Clothilda Soupert ; rose and red. 



