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luxuriant, and for the big bushy sorts, even more room will 

 be required. Again, there is the other extreme as, for example, 

 in making a border or edging of Polyantha roses, a fine 

 continuous effect may be had 

 by spacing them in the row 

 at only 12 inches apart. 

 This diagram shows a bed 



3 feet wide for two rows. A 

 bed this width, "staggered," 

 will require twelve roses to every 9 feet, twenty-four roses 

 if 18 feet long, and larger beds in the same proportion. 



The young garden in the picture below is well done. 

 Note the avenue effect produced by the double row of 

 Standard or Tree roses on either side of the walk, set from 



4 to 10 feet apart. They remind one of the beautiful rose- 

 gardens in England. Up the wall on either side climbing 

 roses have been started. The front bed on the left in the 

 picture is 4^ feet square, and contains nine roses. The 

 front bed on the right, if \ x /i feet wide by 6 feet long, would 

 contain twelve roses. The rear bed on the right of the walk 

 is 4^ feet wide by 1 3 feet long, and contains twenty-four 

 roses; and the long bed in the rear on the left, if 4^ feet wide 

 by 20 feet long, would contain thirty-six roses. 



The formal garden is incomplete without roses 



