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14. Any treatment of the free, rectangular spaces outside the axes 

 is better applied to the margins of such spaces than to the centers. 

 The latter should be left free, or at any rate should not be made sites 

 for mass effects of architecture or planting which would compete in 

 interest with the axial termini. 



15. Color effects, where attempted, are better developed along the 

 boundaries, in wall, hedge or border plantings, than in the interior 

 spaces. 



16. Details of architecture and sculpture must, of course, be kept 

 consistent throughout the garden. Simple and classical forms are 

 usually to be preferred. 



17. The flower bed should not be planted directly against the hedge 

 (or other divisional planting), but should be separated from it by a 

 two- or three-foot walk or path. This arrangement simpUfies upkeep, 

 makes cutting convenient from both sides of the beds and somewhat 

 removes the plants in the bed from the influence of the shrubbery roots. 



Rose Gardens 



OWING to their requirements (and quite apart from their worthi- 

 ness) Roses are best grown separately — in a Rose garden, for 

 example. This "garden" may comprise a simple bed or a large 

 space set apart and treated in a formal manner. Sometimes Roses 

 are grown in the general "flower garden" in^ conjunction with herba- 

 ceous perennials, but where space permits they should be kept separate. 

 The site selected for Roses must be open, well drained and such as 

 will enable them to get the full benefit of the sun, with perhaps a little 

 shade in the afternoon; and, preferably, a southeastern exposure. 

 Avoid low, moist places. If a goodly number of bushes are to be 



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Fig. 83. — Section through a Rose bed to show advisable construction on all but the best 

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