42 THE ROSE GARDEN. 



latticed pilasters, twelve inches wide, and about six feet high to the spring of the 

 arches, each pilaster having four uprights one and a quarter inch square, placed 

 two and two, an inch apart, with balls between them at proper distances, and filled 

 up in the middle with lattice-work, shewing five-eighths of an inch in front. The 

 openings between the pilasters may be from four to five feet, according to the 

 height. The arch over the walk must be of lattice-work. Some of the round 

 beds may be of basket-work, twelve or fifteen inches deep, especially those shewn 

 with a varied outline. 



" In order to make the Rosarium as interesting as possible, the beds might be 

 planted with patches of early flowering bulbs to precede the general bloom of 

 Roses ; which bulbs, after flowering, might be lifted, and their places supplied by 

 all the different kinds of Annuals, to succeed the general Rose bloom. So that 

 there would first be a show of early bulbous flowers ; then the grand display of 

 Roses ; and, lastly, the show of Annuals." 



But it may not suit every one's inclination or convenience to form a Rosarium, 

 however desirous he may be of cultivating a few choice specimens of Roses. In 

 small gardens it often happens that there is little room, or the proprietor's 

 favourite may be another flower. He may wish not to exclude Roses altogether, 

 although he has not space to cultivate many. 



It is therefore necessary that we should consider how they may be introduced, 

 to form an agreeable feature in the Flower Garden. 



Various methods have been suggested, and many carried out with good effect. 

 With regard to Standards, they have been grouped in beds on lawns ; planted in 

 continuous lines, running parallel with walks ; in square beds, or parallelograms ; 

 and they are also not unfrequently planted singly on lawns. Dwarfs are planted 

 in single beds, or groups of beds ; sometimes a single variety to each bed, to 

 obtain masses of well-contrasted colours ; sometimes the varieties are mixed, and 

 the colours blended. Each of these plans is good under particular circumstances ; 

 for we have not always the exact plot of ground at our disposal necessary to carry 

 out certain forms, and besides which our tastes vary. 



Perhaps the best mode of introducing Roses to the Flower Garden is, by a 

 group of beds thrown together on a lawn. In these, if the proprietor be a Rose 

 Amateur, he would most likely be desirous of obtaining as great a variety as pos- 

 sible ; and a bed should be set apart for each group, or for a certain number of 

 his favourite groups, if he be confined for space. There is a very elegant arrange- 

 ment of clumps on the lawn at Southgate House, the seat of Isaac Walker, Esq. 

 The ground they occupy is a strip taken in from the park, about one hundred and 

 thirty yards long, and eight yards wide : it lies open to the east. There are fif- 

 teen clumps formed in a single row, some two, and some four yards apart, 

 excepting the sixth and seventh clumps, between which there is a clear space of 

 sixteen yards. Their forms are circles, segments of circles, ovals, parallelograms, 

 octagons, and the like. In front of the lawn is a broad gravel walk, and at the 



