46 ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



of the borders, span the whole. At the back of both 

 borders is a hedge of Roses that will grow about three 

 feet high. If the space is divided into four, points 

 will be found for three pillar Roses rising from the 

 hedge and in a line with it ; those will therefore stand 

 about eight feet apart. 



The illustration shows a Crimson Rambler trained 

 over a wire support in a free hedge of Rhododendrons 

 in a place where a path from one division of a garden 

 leads into another. 



An incident in this picture that is not at all of un- 

 frequent occurrence is worthy of notice. It is the 

 carefully made rabbit-proof iron fencing, with two 

 wires out in the lower part of the gate, leaving a 

 space which seems to invite the entrance of any small 

 animal. When it is desired to keep out rabbits, and 

 an expensive fence is put up for the purpose, one 

 such oversight makes the whole thing useless. Gates 

 of this slight construction, which are in themselves 

 perhaps the least distressing to the eye of all their 

 unsightly class, are especially liable to injury from an 

 accidental kick, or a blow from a barrow wheel. 



Wrought iron gates, with richly designed ornament 

 of the best kind that are made for the place itself, of 

 perfect proportion and suitable enrichment, may well 

 lead into and out of the Rose garden, or indeed any 

 other garden division, and Roses may clamber near 

 them, but it is more fitting that they should not climb 

 over or into gates or screens of this class. Two such 

 richly decorated objects as the artist-craftsman's work 

 in enduring metal and the clusters of living Rose had 



