58 The Rose Garden. 



kind of Rose suited for the purpose. It should be a good free-flowering hare 

 variety, whether a summer or autumn bloomer ; if the latter is preferred, the Hybr 

 Perpetual, Noisette, and Hybrid Tea-scented offer the best kinds. Or again, th 

 would seem a fitting opportunity of introducing the Sweet-briar, which should abour 

 in every Rosarium, for the delicious fragrance of its young leaves in the earliest < 

 spring, the delicacy of its blossoms in summer, and the gay appearance of the scarl 

 heps it produces in the autumn, must recommend it to every observer. 



The walks of the Rosarium should be preferably of grass, which sets off the plan 

 when in flower to much greater advantage than gravel. Grass walks are objected 1 

 by some because unpleasant to walk upon early in the morning, or after a shower i 

 rain ; but they give such a finish to the Rosarium, and lend such a freshness an 

 brilliancy to the flowers, that it were a pity to forego these advantages solely on th 

 account. And if the grass is kept closely mown, the force of this objection is great! 

 abated. 



When the walks are of grass, it is perhaps not desirable to plant edgings to tr 

 beds. When they are of gravel it is decidedly necessary to do so, and Box or fane 

 tiles may be used. In many instances, too, the dwarf Polyantha, Pompon or Fair 

 Roses may be introduced as edgings with a very happy effect, to form a complel 

 edging about a foot in height ; these are beautiful when covered with their miniatui 

 blossoms : the one variety blooming in summer only, the others throughout tt 

 autumn. 



It is desirable that the Rosarium should have a raised spot in its vicinity, froi 

 which a bird's eye view of the whole may be obtained during the season of flowerinj 

 A mound of earth thrown up is the simplest plan ; and some burrs and stones ma 

 be placed upon the surface. The sides of the mound may be planted with Ayrshin 

 Sempervirens, Wichuraiana, and other running Roses or climbing plants of varioi 

 kinds ; on the top may be formed a Rose Temple, or a group of Pillar-Roses. Fror 

 this spot we obtain in the flowering season a view of the Roses en masse as they li 

 beneath us, the effect of which is agreeable and striking ; and, indeed, everyone ca 

 appreciate the beauty of the picture thus submitted to him. It needs neither th 

 knowledge of the florist, nor the refined taste of the connoisseur ; the beauty an 

 effect of the coup d'ceil thus obtained is acknowledged alike by the skilled an' 

 unskilled in these matters. This we regard as one important point gained in th 

 formation of the Rosarium ; but there are others deserving of attention. 



When the amateur forms a Rosarium, he does not usually plant for effect ; h 

 views his plants individually, rather than collectively. And we should suppose thai 

 to meet his approbation the Rosarium should be so formed that he may attend ti 

 and examine each plant without risking an injury to the rest. He may be delighte< 

 with viewing his collection as a whole, and, in addition to this, the knowledge tha 

 his friends, who may be less skilled in floriculture than himself would derive th< 



