EVER-BLOOMING ROSES AND VINES 237 



It is better to grow Ever-blooming Roses in beds 

 by themselves, or in a Rose garden where you may 

 pick the flowers every day and their beauty will 

 not be missed. Perpetual Roses grown in the same 

 manner will give more satisfaction, too, than if 

 they are scattered through the flower garden. If 

 you cannot make a Rose garden, prepare a few beds 

 in some out-of-the-way corner of the place, that is 

 \vell drained and protected from Winter winds, 

 where the plants will get the early morning and 

 the afternoon sun, and will be partially protected 

 from the blistering heat of midday. If you locate 

 such a bed with an eye to the future, some day 

 you may be able to work it up into a Rose garden ; 

 enlarged, enclosed by a hedge or fence, and more 

 extensively planted. On page 232 is given the 

 plan of a collection of Rose beds that will hold 

 about a hundred Roses; and on page 235 the same 

 beds appear elaborated into a garden. 



Ever-blooming Roses require a good loam, or 

 compost, richly fertilized with old stable manure. 

 They should be set two feet and a half each way 

 in the beds, so that they will have plenty of light 

 and air, and sufficient soil to nourish them prop- 



