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she cannot stand it, but will inevitably pine away ; 

 she tolerates no rival near her throne, and will not 

 show her full beauty if she has one. 



It should be understood that in this I am speaking 

 of the best Koses, H.P.s and Teas, as hereafter 

 described, and that there is now an increasing 

 number of Garden or Decorative Boses, as they are 

 called, which may be used in these positions. Pew 

 of these are as strong-growing, fine, and perpetual 

 as one could wish, or as they probably will be when 

 Eaisers have fully recognised what is required of 

 the ideal Garden Rose; but Lord Penzance's 

 Sweet-briars, for example, are fully capable of 

 holding their own in the company of any herbaceous 

 plants or even shrubs. 



For me, beds must be made for the Rose and the 

 Eose alone. No ! no mignonette or other annuals 

 to "hide the bare ground," since standards need 

 not be more than two feet high in stem, and dwarfs 

 should be close enough together to do all the 

 ground-hiding required. Let there be Eose beds 

 sacred to the Eose, and let them all be grown 

 together in the very best situation to be found; 

 for standards dotted about singly here and there 

 by the side of the drive or in holes on the lawn 

 are much more difficult to manage and care for 

 properly than if they were all together in prepared 

 ground. It is well known that you can feed 100 

 people much better and cheaper in proportion than 

 you can one person by himself. And so, if the 

 Eose is in a big bed with many others, the food can 

 be applied with greater economy and effect, and the 

 roots can find in any direction the same congenial 

 proper soil and nourishment. 



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