Single These should all have their poles. They must not be planted 
Roses all at the back of the bed, but some should be allowed to grow 
almost to the front so as to form bays of the bushes and lower 
growing kinds. Perhaps the best single and semi-single bush 
Roses are :— 
Austrian Copper. Lucida, 
= Yellow. Nitida. 
Altaica. Rugosa atropurpurea, 
Hispida. Gallica Pumila. 
Blanche de Coubert. Scotch, both yellow and 
Hibernica. white. 
The latter three kinds are suitable for quite the front of the 
bed. I would recommend for the trailing kinds—to be simply 
left to grow on the ground— 
Alberic Barbier. Jersey Beauty. 
Wichuriana Alba. Rugosa Repens Alba. 
Ss Rubra. 
All the white and yellows and cream coloured Roses 
should be kept more or less together and the pinker blooms 
also in groups. In this planting Rosa Rubrifolia must not be 
forgotten, for its lovely greyish purple foliage will form a large 
bush in time and is quite distinct from any of the others. 
If all the foregoing can be procured on their own roots 
they will require little attention, excepting the climbers, which 
will want a certain amount of tying up to their poles from time 
to time. 
It is best to place an iron upright support to each pole at 
the outset, because should the pole rot at the base after a few 
years when the Roses are clambering about it, much difficulty 
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