CHAPTER IV 



PLANTING : WITH LAYING OUT OF THE BEDS AND 

 PROTECTION 



Situation and soil being settled, we have next to 

 lay out and prepare the beds, to plant the Roses, and 

 to protect the delicate and tender kinds from being 

 injured by frost. 



Let it be first understood that for proper cultivation 

 the Rose must have a place to itself Although I 

 sympathise with that large number of cultivators who 

 plant Roses in mixed borders among strong herbaceous 

 plants and even shrubs, it must be said that it is next 

 to impossible to bring the Rose to perfection in such 

 surroundings. When wondering much at the number 

 of extra tall standards to be seen in nurserymen's 

 grounds, and as to who could be found to buy them, I 

 have been told that there is a large demand for them 

 in some gardens for certain situations, " where a tall 

 standard Rose would just come in " — between two huge 

 clumps of delphinium, perhaps, or " so that it would 

 just show nicely from behind over that bushy shrub." 

 It must be laid down that to make the queen of flowers 

 take a back seat is an impracticable task ; she cannot 

 stand it, but will inevitably pine away ; she tolerates 



