Groups of Beds. 



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Their forms were circles, segments of circles, ovals, parallelograms, octagons, and the 

 like. In front of the lawn was a broad gravel walk, and at the back a wire fence 

 separating the lawn from the park. The clumps were originally planted with the 

 following groups in the order in which we place them, commencing with that nearest 

 the dwelling-house: I, Bourbon; 2, French; 3, Provence; 4, Damask Perpetual; 5, 

 French; 6, Moss; 7, Noisette; 8, Bourbon Perpetual; g, Hybrid Provence; icy 

 Hybrid Perpetual ; 1 1, Hybrid Chinese ; 12, Damask and Alba, mixed ; 13, Bourbon ; 

 14, Sweet Briar and its hybrids; 15, Hybrid Perpetual. The varieties being mostly 

 destroyed by the winter of 1 860-61 the beds have been re-shaped and planted with 



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Fig. 8. ROSE GARDEN AT SORGENFRJ. 



miscellaneous Roses. It is situate on the right-hand side of the gravel-walk when 

 proceeding from the house. To the left are walks leading to the Flower Garden, some 

 fine horse-chestnut trees, and a few clumps to contain Geraniums, Verbenas, and 

 various other plants. Behind these is a wall on which fruit trees are planted. At the 

 further end of the Rose clumps is a group of ornamental trees, opposite to which is a 

 summer house. With regard to the arrangement, the plants intended for the centre 

 or centre rows were selected on stems about three and a half feet high, the others 

 gradually decreasing in height as they approach the edges of the beds. The greatest 

 distance from plant to plant was three feet, and the smaller growers, which have place 

 towards the circumference of the beds, were planted nearer to each other. 



The natural soil here is clay upon gravel. In preparing the ground to receive the 



