A SIMPLE ROSE GARDEN 153 



Now, Mary Penrose, having made up your mind 

 to have a rosary, cause garden line and shovel to be set 

 in that side lawn of yours without hesitation. Do not 

 wait until autumn, because you cannot plant the hardy 

 roses until then and do not wish to contemplate bare 

 ground. This sight is frequently wholesome and pro- 

 vocative of good horticultural digestion. You need 

 only begin with one-half of Evan's plan, letting the 

 pergola enclose the walk back of the house, and later 

 on you can add the other wing. 



If the pergola itself is built during the summer, you 

 can sit under it, and by going over your list and colour 

 scheme locate each rose finally before its arrival. By 

 the way, until the climbers are well started you may 

 safely alternate them with vines of the white panicled 

 clematis, that will be in bloom in August and can be 

 easily kept from clutching its rose neighbours ! 



By and by, when you have planted your roses, tucked 

 them in their winter covers, and can sit down with a 

 calm mind, I will lend you three precious rose books of 

 mine. These are Dean Hole's Book about Roses, for 

 both the wit and wisdom o't ; The Amateur Gardener's 

 Rose Book, rescued from the German by John Weathers, 

 F.R.H.S., for its common sense, well-arranged list of 

 roses, and beautiful coloured plates, and H. B. Ell- 



