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begun the mind should be made up on the proper 

 disposition of the plants: avoid crowding, avoid 

 formality, avoid hurry. Crowding plants together 

 is injurious in every respect ; if space is limited 

 choose the fewer sorts, or distribute the inferior 

 sorts to hedge rows or fences, and put only the best 

 that can be had where they are to form a perma- 

 nent attraction ; formality of design attracts atten- 

 tion for a time, but the eye soon wearies of it. 

 The most interesting disposition, and one that will 

 offer the greatest variety, is to plant the whites, 

 blushes, pinks, roses, reds, crimsons, and purples, 

 each into separate clumps, figures, or patches; and 

 to carry out a grand arrangement let each division 

 of the rose have its appropriate locality. This 

 ROSARY can be formed on any piece of ground, 

 from a quarter of an acre to any required extent, 

 either on the lawn or any other spot for the pur- 

 pose. Let the ground be laid down in grass, or if 

 it is there already so much the better ; then cut out 

 on the grass the various figures that may be re- 

 quired, giving every plant from two to four feet of 

 room. With these few hints the reader will see 

 that such an arrangement will form a scene of 

 enchantment that language cannot portray. It is 

 not necessary to remove the old soil ; very decayed 

 manure (with an addition of road or river sand to 

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