214 Landscape Gardening 



on which a circular pattern is laid, or an oblong figure rounded 

 at the ends, or an octagon. A good form for the beds will 

 be oblong, with the ends rounded, arranged in various sizes 

 around a central circle and diversified by a mixture of smaller 

 circles. 



Since roses are very similar in height and character, a 

 rosary filled with only the dwarf-growing kinds will be com- 

 paratively tame and monotonous. But with the aid of 

 standards of various heights and habits, and climbers trained 

 to poles, much interest and variety of outline may be pro- 

 duced. These auxiliaries should not, however, be commonly 

 put in the beds (save a single climber or a cluster of them 

 in the central mass), but stand by themselves in spaces pre- 

 pared purposely for them, and arranged symmetrically as 

 parts of the plan. Sometimes a very strong and brilliant 

 effect may be occasioned by having a few small beds filled 

 with roses of only one color. And a rosary may even be 

 altogether furnished by assigning each tribe to particular 

 beds, in corresponding parts of the garden. White and blush 

 roses make a good mass, as do those which have the color 

 of the common rose and particularly the dark-flowering 

 Chinas, which bloom so long and group together so admirably. 



Covered archways made of wire, or small open temples 

 formed of either wire or rough wood with the bark on, will 

 sometimes be interesting features in a rosary, for the support 

 of chmbing kinds. To be able to sit in the shade during 

 summer, embowered with only elegant roses, is certainly a 

 luxury of no mean or ordinary description. 



The plan shown in figure 58 is of a rosary which I made 

 in the neighborhood of Dulwich, near London. It lies in a 

 sheltered and partially detached corner of the grounds, and 

 is connected with the kitchen garden on the north side by 

 the walk at the top of the engraving; the walk to the right 



