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Gardening for Amateurs 



HEDGES OF ROSES. 



Anyone proposing to plant Roses to 

 form hedges must not expect to produce 

 neat hedges like those of Quick-thorn, 

 Holly, Privet or Beech, kept closely cut. 

 No, the idea in planting a hedge of 

 Roses is to provide a dividing line, 

 broken and beautiful. Such hedges are 

 not intended, and are not used as outside 

 boundaries' or for the purpose of keeping 

 animals in or out. There is hardly need of 



These posts should have tarred or otherwise 

 prepared bases, be fixed 6 or 8 feet apart 

 in the row (the nearer together the greater 

 the resisting power), and several lines of 

 stout galvanised wire carried from one to 

 the other ; the wires must be tightly stretched 

 and held in position by strong staples driven 

 well into the posts. It is better to have the 

 wire painted, but this is not essential. 



Roses for Tall Hedges. Probably the 

 best Roses for tall hedges are the Penzance 



Penzance Brier Roses ; these are excellent for forming a tall hedge. 



or room for Rose hedges in very small 

 gardens, but where room can be allowed, and 

 attention given without stint, they will be 

 found very delightful. 



Rose hedges may be 2 or 3 feet in height 

 or anything between that and 10 or 12 feet. 

 If tall, it is imperative that some support be 

 provided. This can be supplied in several 

 ways, but the best, probably, is the provision 

 of a row of stout posts, nearly as tall as it 

 is proposed the hedge should be when fully 

 grown, or say a foot or so less in height. 



Briers (other than Lord Penzance and Lady 

 Penzance, which are comparatively dwarf), 

 the Japanese Briers, and varieties of Rugosa, 

 The stout, tall-growing Hybrid Perpetuals 

 such as Hugh Dickson, Dr. Andry, Ben Cant, 

 Frau Karl Druschki and Charles Lefebvre 

 do very well indeed for this purpose. If 

 desired the three classes can be intermixed 

 or planted alternately, and grown thus 

 the flowering period of the hedge is much 

 prolonged, but the balance of opinion is in 

 favour of the use of one class only. Bare- 



