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Gardening for Amateurs 



The old Rose Ulrich Brunner (Hybrid Perpetual), light red, a vigorous, easily grown variety. 



ness at the base can be prevented by judicious 

 treatment from the first, by cutting down a 

 vigorous shoot occasionally, and pegging 

 down others, but if bareness has developed 

 and cannot otherwise be easily remedied it 

 is not a bad way to plant a row of dwarf 

 growing Roses at each side of the hedge, 

 the plants being so placed as to fill up the 

 ugly bare gaps. 



Roses for Low Hedges. For dwarf 

 hedges many of the free flowering Hybrid 

 Teas and Teas look well, but the China 

 Roses, perhaps, look best of all, being never 

 out of flower during the whole season. 

 Such dwarf hedges are best made by putting 

 the plants in a double row in zigzag form. 

 Chinas should be planted 15 to 18 inches 

 apart, and the larger plants at proportionate 

 distances ordinary dwarfs say 2 feet, and 

 big briers and Rugosas from 3 to 4 feet. 



Twenty-four Roses to Begin With. 

 The novice in Rose-growing who wishes to 

 make a start in a small way with say two 

 dozen Roses kinds that are easy to grow 



and will give a good return the very first 

 season with a minimum of care, skill and 

 attention could hardly improve on the 

 following list as a whole, although in some 

 districts individual Roses might be replaced 

 by others equally as good. Out of the many 

 thousands of Roses now grown it is not easy 

 to choose twenty-four that shall be better 

 than all others, in fact it is impossible ; but 

 the two dozen given below will be difficult 

 to beat for the purpose we have in view. 



Caroline Testout (H.T.). A satin-pink 

 Rose, large and full ; one that blossoms 

 with the greatest freedom, and never fails 

 anywhere. 



Madame Eavary (H.T.). A shade of 

 yellow, free in growth, though never tall. 

 Flowers throughout the season. 



Gustav Grunerwald (H.T.). A lovely pink, 

 well shaped, sweet scented, and possessing 

 all the qualities of a good garden Rose. 



General McArthur (H.T.). An American 

 importation. A splendid Rose, a good 

 " doer." Colour rich crimson ; fragrant. 





