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NATIONAL ROSE GARDEN. 
Nat: 
to the o 
garden, which are set forth here tos 
provoke di 
As to the position of the garden, there is a 
fairly general eneral а reement that it should be within 
easy t: pen 
seem 
might M rd not» to some interested 
the s 
ы who look chiefly to- the 
боч 
x there are 
awards of Gold Мед for new Roses, апа to 
y diti that seem to 
-B 
ents wi . 
rly intelligence of ie 
have to ‘be exercised in the perg 2 a garden 
ret raed to ipa oses not yet in com care- 
fully s to it by strangers wou uld ion to 
restricted in nens to pre 
aining 
rom the garden. 
somewhat resembles e Pt em e" ted a 
Bagatelle, Sud it ould wel e сеа 
sting РЕ own 
ngs and Заа uh rthless, and 
throw this on to the shoulders ot the National 
Rose Society or its officers. 
A second view is that Roses not de in com- 
he -test 
merce should not 
sch would be less troublesome in some 
respects as the lety, ne bought the plants, 
could do with them a; 
however, 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 13, 1919. 
Ede might be required; en there cp 
tly greater danger 
n 
locali appen e now AG пх ublic 
irdens formed originally for specific purpose 
A Nation Garden, however, i i 
bear that name, should undoubtedly be worthy 
nari even though the restricted class be tha 
i tors at Rose 
e is yet a fourth object ium might either 
t se Gard 
or co ith so 
' This would be the Historical Rose garden. lr 
such a garden the chief object would be som 
thing like that which the late M. Graveraux 
set before himself at L'Hay, a ge to form г 
ollection as complete as ible o = the Roses 
\ cal Rose garden of т character 
would Неа be of great t interest, not only to 
Rose SORES, but to raisers of new Roses, and 
e formation of such a collection would o 
ssity bea work of time; it could not spring a 
Athene fully equipped from the ‘brain ove, 
tif the design could be accomplished, it would 
i the 
question ге utility of P» Siena saber in. “ the garden beautiful,” would hav mense 
Th that when get into possibility and conceivably a great Sutra, before 
кош. е public soon find out which ar 
satisfactor and which poor "arieti р The varieties of gar rden Roses whose names 
ееїп t behave wee differently in һауе been preserved may perhaps amount to 
different eee even if the ts о 12, and u ds. is M. 
pecial - varieties proved чура? in the Отау had collected ne 7, hese. 
Vias us yet in other soils and positions— Consideration of space would prevent more than 
possibly euet near to the garden where the a very few examples each variety bein 
had b Mr they might prove quite preserved, but some effort would have 
de y- ade w the plants in such a manner as 
Moreover, in order to secure equality in treat- ; equate comparison the Roses of 
ment of the differg "varieties, the positions in the past with those of the present day. 
which a variety ‘is placed whi ^ hatever be the scheme opted, ke г ана 
tested ought to be as nearly similar as ible “of ways and means m of 
all respects ose their rivals. This ortance. For the efficient Mcr. on d 
would to reduce the test garden to the gard petent and trustworthy staf 
dead a nursery in which only the expert ould be essential. This would involve at the 
could learn anything, and such a garden might of irs a m ose energy an 
prove of little Linens to the general body of "eres the su failure of the scheme 
the members. ould v dy Rn Under im two obse 
This brings us to the third group of opinions would be ssary, 0 1 
to object of a Nation: al iive ial: buddi n кр like, а the "aor: т 
wherein а beautif regarded а the general garden managem rou! 
chief object to be aimed at. - worl Under these ei or ан 
ose who this view would not 8 the rate of rather more than one 
he use of g to the acre would be required. Such would be 
for trials of Roses recent панни ts the staff, and it is obvious that while the rate 
‘would regard t is work as ages remains near the present fig 
, considering e national gar- the annual outlay will be considerable. 
den ought to attempt to sho the that No such garden could be expected to be seli- 
, 
icted E would be and advertisement w 
suggested P ы conveniently designed beds do rming ^ garden t м" expected to Rus the 
еп, ore өче nsive bordan  Natiónal Rose or other society un akin ing the 
" ly wild portions ork, I doubt if im actual revenue could be 
of the > Here УКН cies might expected or ought to be aimed at 
be employed апа perhaps а collection of: Britis! Labour alaries deem might easily cost 
Roses or the wild Ro f ew selected from’ £1,000 to £1,2 z, and accumulated 
countries grouped together in different parts. funds or a зараад ЧӘН ient to provide for 
a garden would nat attract mem- the greater of this annual outlay should 
bers of the National Rose lety and visitors be in hand. To t the N.R any similar 
from among the general public in a way that Society to prov or more t| a smal 
neither the first e secon ould be of this outlay from its nual income 
able to do. e sch has beenshown, would be to hang a millstone’ round its neck 
unknown visi Virg be vec Suspect ‘that, might easily prove disastro 
= undesirable, iw! in the scheme, Still, once the true objects en “the national 
ep oia sides co^ any very Mio ‘were settled and popularly жк» 
great in the raising of on bie nsure its 
It is оз ag Acces for the third or 
* beautiful sand a larger area of 
required to 
success d no ‘insuperable s difficulties. 
White Rose. 
