252 GARDEN CLASSIFICATION. 



Audot, in his "Notes sur les Jardins d'ltalie," speaks of hav- 

 ing seen, in the garden of an Englishman named Mills, on the 

 site of the ancient imperial palaces at Rome, a number of rose 

 arcades, called, by the Italians, Pergoles (see fig. 17). The 

 columns or posts which formed them were about nine feet high, 

 and the same distance apart. This pergole was constructed of 

 very light material, and entirely covered with a free-growing 

 variety of the China Rose, which is never injured by the cold in 

 the mild climate of Italy. " It is impossible," says Audot, " to 

 conceive a more splendid bloom than that of these roses, trained 

 upon pergoles so graceful. The foliage disappeared under the 

 gorgeous drapery of glittering roses." 



This rose is particularly adapted for bedding out upon a lawn. 

 Now that an improved taste is discarding the old and regular 

 flower-garden, and in its place beds and patches of flowers are 

 scattered about the lawn, there are few objects more beautiful 

 than circular or oval beds of China roses, scattered in graceful 

 irregularity, and intermingled with groups of trees and shrubs. 

 They should be kept free from weeds, and when the soil is rich 

 and the thrifty young shoots are kept pegged down, these slashes 

 will present a beautiful mass of foliage and bloom in every va- 

 riety of color. It frequently happens that the grounds about a 

 house are of such a nature as to require several terraces. A very 

 beautiful display can be formed by planting the perpendicular or 

 sloping sides of these terraces with dwarf-growing China Roses, 

 which, when kept pegged down, and in dry weather occasionally 

 watered, will present a rich and glowing mass of bloom. 



It is since the advent of the China Rose and its congeners, the 

 Bourbons and Remontants, that the rose can be said to have 

 taken its true place as the most valuable flower of the garden. 

 While the rose was only known as blooming once in the season, 

 there was some excuse for the preference given to hyacinths, 

 tulips, carnations, &c. ; but at this time, while the latter require 

 so very careful culture, and then bloom but for a short time, they 

 cannot compare in valuo with the many varieties of Remontant, 

 Bourbon, and China Roses, which furnish a constant succession 



