CHAPTER III 



THE NEW BORDERS (continue^ 



IN these Rose-loving times one finds that the flower- 

 gardener who has not room enough for a Rose garden 

 often longs to put the queen of flowers in his herbaceous 

 borders. Can we build up a border that shall admit 

 Roses ? 



Wherever the group system of planting a border is 

 adopted Roses may be used, but I am not sure that they 

 show quite to the best advantage when dotted singly 

 among herbaceous plants. Moreover, individual Roses 

 are apt to suffer from being overgrown by encroaching 

 perennials. I certainly do not favour putting odd Roses 

 in a small border of shrubs and herbaceous plants'; it is 

 better to set the Roses together in a bed. 



Roses can be legitimately included in mixed borders on 

 pillars or in groups of dwarf plants. Blush Rambler, 

 Leuchtstern, Mrs. F. W. Flight, Philadelphia Rambler, 

 and practically all the Wichuraiana or " Memorial " 

 Roses are suitable for pillars. The dwarfs should be 

 drawn from vigorous, healthy, free-blooming sorts. 



The ideal border must not be crowded. Every group 

 must stand clear of the next, and every plant in a group 

 must show its individuality. The restraint required of 

 the dramatist is nothing to that demanded of the flower- 

 lover. 



Every border-maker craves space. For my own part, 



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