62 The Rose Garden. 



in the Rosarium, of which Fig. I is a ground plan, was about 1800. The Roses in 

 Fig. i were apparently planted without any design of keeping the respective groups 

 together. In the other gardens, however, one was planted solely with Autumnals, 

 and the other with the various groups of Summer Roses. The extreme simplicity in 

 their formation renders them not very brilliant objects on paper, but although the 

 design was simple the effect was good. Now, without holding these gardens up to 

 view as perfection, I do think two principal points in the formation of the Rosarium 

 wer.e perfectly wrought out. Here was a terrace from which we could look down 

 upon the plants ; view them as a whole (which was indeed a grand sight) ; and they 

 were so arranged that we could look closely at each by descending to the walks. 

 The greatest objection to this plan appears to me to exist in the non-arrangement of 

 the varieties in separate groups according to their external characters, and which 

 might have been done without lessening the effect produced as a whole. 



The Roses existing at the present time in the Jardin du Luxembourg are near 

 what was formerly the Orangery, now called the New Museum. 



There is a very good collection of Roses at the National School of Horticulture of 

 Versailles, and the Duchesse de Galliera has a very complete collection at Fleury 

 Meudon. 



The most interesting collection of Roses we have recently met with in France is 

 that of M. Gravereaux at L'Hay, near Paris. 



We shall now present our readers with two original plans designed expressly 

 for this work by Messrs Major & Son, the late eminent landscape gardeners of 

 Knosthorpe, near Leeds, and on which they make the following remarks : 



" In grounds sufficiently extensive for the introduction of various scenes, the 

 Rosarium is one calculated to produce considerable interest ; and being formal, and 

 a separate scene, it is necessary that it should be masked out from the general 

 pleasure-ground by shrubs and low ornamental trees blending with the adjoining 

 ground in the natural or English style. In situations where the ground is too limited 

 for the introduction of a Rosarium we prefer assembling the Dwarf Roses in groups 

 or small masses in front of the shrubberies, and arranging the Standards irregularly 

 here and there just behind some of the lower shrubs, so that the stems for the most 

 part may be covered. The heads appearing above the shrubs have a highly interest- 

 ing effect. 



" In the designs for the Rosariums we have arranged the whole of the beds and 

 Standard Roses as near each other as they should be placed, even in the most 

 limited grounds ; but in situations where a little more space of lawn can be allowed 

 it will be better to keep them further apart, the same principles of design being 

 adhered to. 



" If an extensive Rosarium is required it is only necessary to increase the number 

 of beds and standards, and to preserve the same proportions in the beds and lawns as 



