Groups of Beds. 



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by a lofty wall of the old Palace. It is six feet lower than the natural ground, and 

 is reached by steps formed on a slope of turf. The effect of these Roses when in 

 flower, viewed from the walks on the higher ground, is beautiful beyond conception. 



In the winter of 1878 we furnished a Rose garden for the late Countess of 

 Rosebery at Mentmore, near Leighton-Buzzard, from a design by Mr Smith (see Fig. 

 6). Each bed was filled with one colour only although composed of several varieties. 

 For instance, beds I, 2, 3, and 4 were crimson ; 5 and 6 pale pink ; 7 and 8 very dark ; 

 9, 10, n, and 12 white; 13, 14, 15, and 16 crimson; 17, 18, 19, and 20 rose colour. 

 These are all dwarfs. The central bed alone is filled with standards of mixed colours. 

 The space occupied is 1 30 feet by 88 feet on grass, a gravel walk, over which climbing 

 roses are trained, surrounding the whole. The level of the beds is slightly below 



Fig. 6. ROSE GARDEN AT MENTMORE. 



this walk, and the spot is well sheltered from the north and east. The success of this 

 effort was complete, the plants growing and flowering well six months after they 

 were planted. 



In the Autumn of 1881 we supplied 2000 Rose Trees to an order of H.R.H. The 

 Comte de Paris for a Rose Garden at the Chateau d'Eu in France. Eight hundred 

 of these were standard Tea-scented Roses, and they grew and flowered well. 



Fig. 7 is a design of a Rose Garden for the late Madame Pommery at Chigny-les- 

 Roses, near Rheims, which we supplied plants for in the year 1881. I have never 

 seen this garden, but have been told that the effect is all that could be wished. 



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Fig. 8 is a plan sent to us to fill for the Dowager Queen of Denmark at Sorgenfri. 

 These were mostly " Standard " Roses of various heights, and hardy varieties suitable 

 for that northern climate. The shaded part is grass and the walks gravel. 



But it may not suit everyone's inclination or convenience to form a Rosarium, how- 



