226 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



beds might well be taken as a model, and in the place 

 of roses some beautiful flowering shrubs would look 

 equally well. Each year, in the beds by the railings of 

 Park Lane, we watch with admiration the carefully 

 thought out colour effects, the skill with which plants are 

 grown on and planted out at the exact moment when 

 others begin to pale. The only regret is that so much 

 that is beautiful should not have a more jewel-like setting. 

 We long for more organized design, so that this wealth 

 of colour and bloom could be transported to well-laid-out 

 beds, which would form one beautiful picture-garden, 

 such as Bagatelle. 



We will endeavour to describe as best we can our im- 

 pression of what has there been so admirably carried out. 



A garden full of dignity is a long grass-walk about 

 thirty feet wide, broken only in the centre by a dark 

 statue. Upon either side are great, tall pedestals of iron, 

 about fifteen or more feet high, and between each of these 

 are five weeping rose-trees, such as Moschata, Banksian, 

 Anemone rose, and Wichuriana. Dwarf hybrid teas 

 are beneath and around them. Against the iron pedestals 

 are hybrid teas, such as Gaston Chardon, Else Beauville, 

 Bouquet d'Or, etc. The weeping trees are about half the 

 height of the others, so that three different levels of 

 flowers are obtained. In England we seldom get enough 

 variety in height, for we are apt to make beds with one 

 tall group alone in the centre and dwarf roses surrounding 

 it. Diversity of height relieves from monotony as much 

 as having different flowers or colours. 



A beautiful termination to this grass avenue between 

 rose-trees is a semicircle of turf, and in it about twenty 

 small round beds containing Polyantha dwarf roses. 

 Leading from this half-crescent are paths outlined by thick 

 wooden posts about 3 feet 6 inches tall, bearing tightly 

 strained iron chains from one to the other. Roses such 



