12 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



A handsome plan is shown by Fig. 4 ; this illustrates the union 

 of gravel with grass, or could be carried out wholly in gravel. As 

 paths less than 3 feet wide are not satisfactory, it will be seen at 

 once that this rosery requires a fair amount of space. The grass 

 plot certainly needs to be 27 to 30 feet across, at least, at its widest 

 part. In the four corner pieces of ground it is best to mass pillar, 

 standard, 4 half -standard, bush, miniature and pegged-down Roses, so 

 that every variety shall appear to perfection, but when the plan is 

 not carried out on a fine scale this will be impossible, and standards 

 should give centre height among dwarfs. The cross-shaped bed 

 would do for pegged-down Teas alone, the two small beds near for 



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dwarf Polyanthas, and the waved beds for Hybrid Teas and the more 

 robust of the Teas, reserving Hybrid Perpetuals for the larger spaces. 

 Arches might well span the paths where A'S are marked. This plan 

 is also an example of symmetrical but curved beds and borders. 



An old-world Rosery could be well carried out in the style 

 shown by Fig. 3. The originality of its appearance, as shown, con- 

 sists of the grass being used as a wide walk round a gravel plot, 

 instead of the usual gravel path surrounding a small lawn ; however, 

 gardeners who have already a grass plot to deal with could adopt the 

 latter style. The straight lines are intercepted by the corner beds, i 

 which take off much of the stiff effect. H.P.'s might fill the centre 

 bed, and Teas the corner ones ; climbers, Ramblers, and others would 

 cover the trellis, planted in the narrowest of borders at its foot, and 



