CHAPTER II 

 Beautiful Rose Gardens 



WHEN planning a rose garden care must be taken not to overcrowd 

 the beds and borders, as the varieties show off to much greater 

 advantage when the groups are isolated by turf or gravel, which allows 

 them to be approached and observed from different sides. Fig. 1 

 gives a plan that is a model one in this respect. The centre square 

 is of gravel, or might be of tiles or brick if preferred, and the sundial 

 is raised on a stone plateau upon two steps facing each way. The 

 beds A, B, c, and D are of crimson Roses, but maroon, mulberry or 

 claret, deep carmine, and bright scarlet crimson are separated in this 

 manner. At E narrow borders of dwarf white Hoses constitute a 

 foreground to hedges of Penzance Briars of mixed colours. Irregular 

 shaped beds in the turf are filled thus : F orange Roses, G white, 

 H salmon, i yellow, j blush, K copper-scarlet. The border beds 

 beyond are of white Moss at L, white Musk Rose at M, rugosa 

 delicata, pale pink, at N, Persian yellow at o, Persian copper at p, 

 white rugosa at Q, the single scarlet Rose Bellefleur at R, Irish 

 Pride, a single salmon rose and gold, at s. Mixed colours are 

 employed for the spacious beds beyond, but China Roses are at T, 

 Damask at u, Bourbons at v, mostly grown up pillars, Hybrid 

 Perpetuals at w, Hybrid Teas at x, and Hybrid Chinas at Y. This 

 gives an interesting opportunity of studying the different classes. 

 The pavilion is a shelter open on all sides but raised well above the 

 ground : the summer-house is built of white stone, and climbed by 

 pink Roses on wire netting. The fountain has a ring of dwarf 

 Polyantha roses around it, the raised bed is trailed over by 

 Wichuraianas and on the four arches are different Ramblers. 



Winding Paths Between Rose Plots. Spaces almost too 

 great to be called beds are the feature of the irregularly formed 

 Rose garden, Fig. 2 : outlying plots are given up to shrubs, her- 

 baceous plants, Sweet Peas and Dahlias, but these could be 



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