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not be necessary to plant any other subject whose root action is 

 either deep or " hungry." For roses themselves are gross 

 feeders, and they resent the intrusion in their domain of any 

 other plant which at the same time makes a great drain on the 

 nutritious elements in the soil. This is the all-important con- 

 sideration which should influence the planting of roses in beds by 

 themselves, but there are others hardly less cogent. If the beds 

 be not more than four feet wide the bushes and standards can be 

 planted two feet apart in a double row, and the narrowness of the 

 bed will enable the grower to reach his trees with ease without 

 treading on the soil when the operations of pruning, feeding and 

 disbudding have to be performed during the spring and summer. 

 In selecting a situation for the rose-bed the sunniest position 

 in the garden should, if possible, be chosen But it may not 

 always be possible to give large bushes and climbers such a 

 favoured spot, and in that case it is well to know the varieties 

 that will thrive in shade or partial shade. Among these may be 

 mentioned that most accommodating of all climbing roses, 

 Gloire de Dijon, while others are Madame Alfred Carriere, Reine 

 Olga de Wurtembourg, Lord Penzance's hybrid Sweet Briers, 

 Hybrid China, Pink China, and the Ayrshire rose. 



