Another grass walk might now be allowed, and outside Plan for 
this a series of eight or more in beds, any shape suitable, either Rose 
segmental or otherwise, and these should be planted with two Garden 
kinds of Roses only, and two climbers alternately. Thus the 
whole arrangement would consist of only eight colours :— 
(1) Belle Stebrecht, in centre bed. 
(2) La Rostére, and (3) Madame Abel Chatenay, with 
(4) Madame Alfred Carriere to climb. 
(5) Viscountess Folkestone, and (6) Caroline Testout for outer 
beds. 
(7) Blush Rambler, and (8) Hiawatha as outer climbers. 
All the poles for climbers could, if desired, be connected by 
chains from the tops, both all round the circles and across to the 
centre, to which chains in due course the Rose shoots would be 
trained. This design could be equally well carried out in square 
or oval beds, or, indeed, in any shape according to taste and 
surroundings, but in any case it were well to have the grass 
paths as broad as can be allowed for. 
All the beds could be thickly planted with one or two 
kinds of Violas or Mignonette, and with Scilla and Crocus 
bulbs, which would give an excellent mass of colour in the 
spring without harming the Rose bushes. 
The climbing Roses for the posts and chains will not show 
their full effect until their third season, though if doing well the 
Rose garden will look quite satisfactory before this, as the 
bushes will give plenty of colour their first year. It is unwise 
to be in a hurry, for patience is one of the chief essential attri- 
butes of the good gardener, and if we are too anxious to get an 
effect at once we will run the danger of crowding and bad 
planting. 
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