76 The Rose Garden. 



plants having been partially pruned ; in the Summer they produce an unbroken 

 mass of foliage and flowers. 



In some places where the shrubbery walks are extensive we have seen groups of 

 Roses introduced with good effect. For this purpose, varieties of free and careless 

 growth should be chosen. 



It is probably the best plan here to have the arrangement as simple as possible 

 that it may be comprehended at a glance. It should be entirely concealed from 

 distant view, to the end that some little surprise may be created by finding ourselves 

 unexpectedly greeted in our course with a mass of these lovely flowers. Planting 

 irregularly in rows about four deep appears an excellent method, and the plants 

 may be arranged to slope gradually from the back to the front. The entrance at each 

 end might be arched over with wire-work, or even two or three rustic poles fixed 

 upright on either side of the walk and arched over would be in perfect harmony with 

 the design. Round and over these poles and arches Climbing Roses may be induced 

 to grow, mingling the colours, or not, as taste may suggest, but taking care that the 

 varieties be abundant bloomers and of similar growth. If the arches are too deep the 

 light is excluded from the interior and the flowers all draw to the top, in which posi- 

 tion they are not seen. If it is wished to have an arched Rose- walk, the arches 

 should not exceed two feet in depth, and they should be placed about a yard apart. 

 The effect produced in viewing the walk from either end is the same as if the arches 

 covered the whole space of ground, and when passing under them the flowers hang 

 drooping from the sides and top, and are then seen to advantage. 



But to return. In this situation (the Shrubbery) the rare and perfect kinds of 

 Roses will not be looked for ; the beholder will very probably not stay long enough 

 to examine them critically, and the aim should be to produce an impression at first 

 sight. This may be done by choosing the showy free-flowering kinds, such as are 

 famed for the quantity of flowers they produce, for beauty en masse and brilliancy of 

 colour in preference to those possessed of great symmetry of form or exactitude of 

 habit. Many of the Tea-scented, Hybrid Chinese, Hybrid Perpetual, and Noisette 

 Roses are of this kind. 



Such a plantation as that just described once existed at Ponsbourne Park, Herts, 

 now the seat of J. W. Carlile, Esq. The entrance on either side was arched over with 

 rustic poles for a distance of a few yards, the arch was so curved that the plantation 

 was entirely concealed from view till you were within it. The walk, which was 

 simply a continuation of the shrubbery walk, was of gravel, the beds edged with 

 the pretty Lawrenceana Roses. We can imagine the effect of such an encounter 

 upon the mind of a visitor who may have chosen to spend his early hours in the 

 shrubbery walks. 



There was a very pretty arrangement of Roses introduced into the walks of the 

 shrubbery in the gardens of the late Mrs Warner, at " the Woodlands," Hoddesdon. 



