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posing. There are various other groups here, and some 

 fine specimens covering the walls. There are other Rose 

 Gardens in the county well worthy of notice did our time 

 permit. 



In planting a Rosetum, if it be of any extent, we think 

 the Autumnals should be kept distinct from the Summer 

 Roses. This may be accomplished by introducing a row 

 of Pillar Roses. Let them be planted 3 feet apart to form 

 the division, and when they have grown to some consider- 

 able height remove every alternate plant, and form festoons 

 by running chains the entire length of the line. In the 

 event of walks intervening, arches and bowers may be 

 formed by means of rustic poles, and thus a distinct and 

 interesting feature is introduced. For forming edgings to 

 the beds in the Rosetum, the Lawrenceana and Miniature 

 Provence Roses are well suited. But it is not everyone 

 that wishes to form a Rosetum, though but few gardens 

 are without Rose clumps. For Standard Roses we think, 

 as before said, that whether in single clumps or in groups 

 of clumps the simpler they are formed the better. For 

 Dwarf Roses, however, full scope may be allowed for the 

 exercise of taste and ingenuity. If single clumps are 

 planted, a mixture of colours is desirable ; but where there 

 is a group of clumps, and each clump is filled with one 

 colour only, and the colours well contrasted, the effect is 

 admirable. For instance, let us suppose a series of clumps 

 formed on a lawn, and let us further suppose one bed to be 

 occupied with the Bourbon Queen, whose flowers are of a 

 salmon buff; let Cramoisie Superieure, of a rich crimson 

 hue, fill another ; Madame Bureau, white, a third ; and so 

 on. Or if we choose to introduce a Summer Rose, let us 

 take Harrisonii, whose golden blossoms are so abundantly 

 given forth early in summer. Now what, we ask, can 

 produce a more beautiful feature on a lawn than such a 

 group ? flowers springing forth in the earliest of summer 

 and continuing to bloom till November, bidding defiance 

 to the frosts of autumn which disfigure so many of the 



