THE FLOWER BORDER IN JULY 65 



encouragement in the observation and study of colour 

 beauty. 



One cannot write of the garden in July without a 

 word on the Roses. Besides the bushy garden Roses, 

 and the kinds of special charm, such as Damask, 

 Provence, Moss and China, those that most nearly 

 concern the garden for beauty and pictorial effect 

 are the rambling and chmbing Roses that flower in 

 clusters. 



In " Roses for English Gardens " I dealt at some 

 length with the many ways of using them ; here I 

 must only touch upon one or two of these ways. But 

 I wish to remind my readers of the great value of 

 these free Roses for running up through such trees as 

 Yews or Hollies in regions where garden joins hands 

 with woodland, and also of their great usefulness for 

 forming lines of arch and garland as an enclosure to 

 some definite space. I have them like this forming 

 the boundary on two sides of a garden of long beds, 

 whose other two sides are a seven-foot wall and the 

 back of a stable and loft. Just beyond the arch in 

 the picture (p. 64), and dividing the little garden in 

 two, is the short piece of double border that is devoted 

 to August. 



The other long beds in this region are for special 

 combinations, some of them of July flowers ; e.g., 

 Orange Lilies with the beautiful Clematis recta, a plant 

 but little known, though it is easy to grow and is one 

 of the best of summer flowers. One bed is for blue 

 colouring with grey foliage. Here is the lovely 



