60 The Rose Garden. 



Luxembourg at Paris. The interest attached to these gardens arose principally fron 

 some of our finest varieties having originated and been nurtured there, and to it 

 possessing some unusually large specimens. I remember seeing there, in the mont 

 of June, on my first visit to Paris, a Standard of the Tea Princesse Helene d 

 Luxembourg, of an immense size, with hundreds of its fine flowers in beautiful condi 

 tion. The tree called to mind the large-headed Hybrid Roses occasionally met wit 

 in this country. 



We shall proceed at once to describe these Gardens Fig. i, on the following page 

 is a ground-plan of the Rosarium, in which the entire collection of the Luxembouri 

 was planted. It was situated on the right of the public walk leading from th 

 Palais du Luxembourg.* 



It was below the level of the public promenades, as shown at e. 

 In summer when the Roses were in flower they produced a splendid effect viewe< 

 from the public walks above and over the parapet wall c, e. If we descended to tru 

 walks //we lost this effect, as the Roses were then brought on a level with the eye 

 The little round marks in our engraving show a line of fruit trees originally plantec 

 in the borders surrounding the Rose-beds, forming a sort of back-ground. 



There were two other Rosariums, similar in design, situated on the same sid< 

 between rows or groves of trees, but they were on a level with the public promenades 

 In consequence of this, and being surrounded by trees, the effect they produced wa: 

 very inferior to that of the one just mentioned. Fig. 2 is an isometrical view of on< 

 of these ; the other is so similar in design to Fig. I that we think it unnecessary tc 

 introduce it. The double lines here are intended to show the edgings of the beds 

 which were of box. The vases in the centre was planted with Geraniums, Verbenas 

 &c., during the summer months. It was wholly surrounded with trees, bnt they are 

 shown here on two sides only in order that the plan of the Rosarium might not be 

 interfered with. The presence of these trees could have been dispensed with tc 

 advantage. By excluding sunlight and a free circulation of air they produced most 

 pernicious consequences, which the drawn and weakly state of some of the plants 

 sufficiently proved. 



These gardens were enclosed by a kind of fence made of light sticks, wh'ich are 

 much used in France for similar purposes. The manner of planting adopted was 

 this : The beds were about seven feet wide, and contained two rows. Two plants of 

 each variety,, a standard and a dwarf, were planted side by side at distances of about 

 three feet. They were so disposed that every standard had a dwarf behind it, and in 

 consequence every dwarf was backed by a standard. The number of plants contained 



* These plans, drawn for this work by my friend the late Mr F. Rauch, formerly amanuensis to Mr Loudon, 

 and afterwards chief of the Imperial Gardens at Laxenburg, near Vienna, are retained although they have been 

 replaced by others in the same garden but on another site. They have, however, a historic interest, and are 

 very suitable for a school of roses. 



