OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING 



give fine results. The most perfect results are 

 obtained with a single row of plants in an eighteen- 

 inch bed, but the difference is so slight that except 

 where room is of no moment this is not advocated. 

 When it is desired to form masses of color by 

 planting blocks of roses in specially shaped beds, 

 a trifle more room should be given to the inside 

 plants because they will not receive the same amount 

 of ventilation which they do in the beds as advocated. 

 For our own beds a drawing is made, as indicated 

 by sketch below, which is found very easy to correct 

 from time to time if a rose dies or is taken out for 

 any reason and another substituted. Suppose, for 

 example, it is decided to put in four roses each of the 



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Bed 

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Stock Date Color 



Introducer 



A — Antoine Rivoire 



D — Duchess of Wellington. . 

 G — General Mac Arthur. . . . 



J — Joseph Hill 



K — Killarney 



P — President Carnot 



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