CHAPTER XII 

 THE ROSE GARDEN 



IN A small garden there is nothing to be 

 gained by providing a separate place for the 

 roses; on the contrary, they may be freely 

 associated with the other flowers in bed and 

 border with the best effect. 



Just why it became the practice in days 

 gone by to give the roses a department to 

 themselves is not clear, though there seems 

 to have been some idea that the rose standard 

 did not harmonize with plants of bushy habit. 

 In the present day no such consideration pre- 

 vails, and gardeners do not hesitate to admit 

 the rose into every part of the garden. 



We cannot have too many roses, and there 

 is no position where they are out of place. The 

 walls and fences deserve their share. The 

 house walls are never so beautiful as when 

 clothed with healthy and prolific climbers. 

 In the shrubbery they help to redeem the 

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