Plan for had to do away with mere vegetables in the garden, so as to 
Rose get space enough for flowers, and have even sacrificed an excel- 
Garden lent Asparagus bed for Roses, and I do not regret it; and the 
Strawberries are now condemned. 
There is an important point in the planting which should 
not be overlooked in a “‘ Rose garden” when it is to be made in 
a set design. In forming the symmetrical garden the admixture 
of too many kinds of Roses is a mistake, and will lead to a 
poor result. It is much better to select a few of the showy and 
more beautiful and put them in quantity, and indeed all Roses, 
either growing or cut, look best massed together. Thus a 
circular bed of about ten feet in diameter, with four poles two 
feet apart in the centre, or some erection of ironwork (of which 
there are quite nice kinds in the market) might be planted with 
climbing and dwarf Be//e Siebrecht and nothing else. Round 
this centre bed a grass walk of five feet wide or more, and eight 
‘segmental beds struck from the centre outside the walk. Four 
of these beds (five feet wide) I would like to see planted entirely 
with La Rosiére, and the alternate four with Madame Abel 
Chatenay. ‘These two will blend their colourings and enhance 
each other’s beauty. The Rev. Alan Cheales and Anna Olvier 
are both floriferous and showy, as also are Frau Karl Druschki 
and Captain Christy, Viscountess Folkestone and Caroline 
Testout; indeed, any two Roses can be selected for this pur- 
pose if their colours be harmonious. In these eight segmental 
beds poles for climbers could be placed, and I would have only 
one kind of climber used all round this circle, and no Rose, I 
think, could be more suitable than Madame Alfred Carriére, as 
it is a fine “ doer,” and being white, will suit excellently any of 
the coloured which may have been selected for the beds. 
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