Plan for had to do away with mere vegetables in the garden, so as to 

 Rose g et space enough for flowers, and have even sacrificed an excel- 

 Garden ^ ent Asparagus bed for Roses, and I do not regret it ; and the 

 Strawberries are now condemned. 



There is an important point in the planting which should 

 not be overlooked in a " Rose garden " when it is to be made in 

 a set design. In forming the symmetrical garden the admixture 

 of too many kinds of Roses is a mistake, and will lead to a 

 poor result. It is much better to select a few of the showy and 

 more beautiful and put them in quantity, and indeed all Roses, 

 either growing or cut, look best massed together. Thus a 

 circular bed of about ten feet in diameter, with four poles two 

 feet apart in the centre, or some erection of ironwork (of which 

 there are quite nice kinds in the market) might be planted with 

 climbing and dwarf Belle Siebrecht and nothing else. Round 

 this centre bed a grass walk of five feet wide or more, and eight 

 segmental beds struck from the centre outside the walk. Four 

 of these beds (five feet wide) I would like to see planted entirely 

 with La Rosiere, and the alternate four with Madame Abel 

 Chatenay. These two will blend their colourings and enhance 

 each other's beauty. The Rev. Alan Cheales and Anna Olivier 

 are both floriferous and showy, as also are Frau Karl Druschki 

 and Captain Christy, Viscountess Folkestone and Caroline 

 Testout\ indeed, any two Roses can be selected for this pur- 

 pose if their colours be harmonious. In these eight segmental 

 beds poles for climbers could be placed, and I would have only 

 one kind of climber used all round this circle, and no Rose, I 

 think, could be more suitable than Madame Alfred Carriere, as 

 it is a fine " doer," and being white, will suit excellently any of 

 the coloured which may have been selected for the beds. 



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