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are placed at 5 and 6 may have somewhat similar shades at 13, 13, 

 and 14, 14, of smaller growing sorts. At from 13 to 20 inclusive, 

 next to the above, selections of the bushiest growers may be made 

 from Classes I, II, and III of Division II. The outside figures of 

 the same numbers represent the most vigorous roses from Classes 

 III or IV of the same division. Outside of these, near the lawn, 

 each of the eight projecting parts of the bed may have seven China 

 and tea roses bedded out in the spring, and removed in the 

 fall. Or by making the projecting parts of the beds narrower, these 

 may be dispensed with. The number of roses indicated to fill this 

 bed is as follows : For the centre four ; for the first circle sixteen ; 

 for the second circle eight ; for the third eight ; and around each 

 of the outside ends of the lines seven pot-roses. The bed, there- 

 fore, would require thirty-six permanent roots, and fifty-six pot- 

 plants ; but the latter may be dispensed with. As no large bed 

 like this should be laid out except by those who are either well 

 versed in roses, or who employ good gardeners, it is not necessary 

 to name the roses for each place in it. 



Bed, Fig. io, is too simple to require a selection named in de- 

 tail. A bed of that size we would recommend to crowd full of 

 noisette, tea, and China roses, the largest in the centre, although 

 only three places are figured ; three bushes being enough to fill it 

 if the largest kinds are selected. 



Bed, Fig. ii, is a bed supposed to be near a walk on its 

 straight side, for a compact mass of low-growing Noisette, tea, and 

 China roses from Class IV. 



THE CANADA RHODORA. Rhodora canadensis. 



A little mountain shrub, growing in wet places, and noticeable 

 for the extreme earliness of its pale purple flowers, which bloom in 

 terminal clusters, before the leaves expand, in April and May. 

 Height two to three feet. A pretty companion for the flowering 

 almond and the Japan quince. 



