OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



for two rows of plants), and long enough to accom- 

 modate the number of plants desired when they are 

 spaced at an average distance of eighteen inches, 

 center to center. Some of the weaker growing roses 

 will do better if set only twelve inches apart, while 

 the stronger growing varieties should be placed as 

 far apart as three feet; but for a working rule, unless 

 you expect to order only the very largest roses, an 

 allowance of eighteen inches each will be found to 

 give roughly the number of plants which your bed 

 will hold.* 



Having decided on the number of plants which 

 you want before proceeding with the actual order- 

 ing of the varieties, instructions for which will be 

 found in the following chapter, consider what steps 

 are necessary to make the beds properly and have 

 them in absolute readiness for the arrival of the 

 plants. They should be made some weeks before 

 planting to allow for settling and if they should have 

 settled too much below the ground level additional 

 soil may be added, although to conserve moisture 

 the actual finished level of the bed should be from 

 one-half to one inch below the surface of the adjacent 

 ground. 



*" Pictorial Practical Rose Growing," by Wright, gives four very 

 clever sketches for formal rose gardens. "Gardens for Small Country 

 Houses," by Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver, would be a 

 great help to any one desiring to do more than lay out a few beds. 



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