POPULAR GARDEN PLANTS. 



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will in some cases be sufficient to make the soil 

 good for Roses. For light soils a dressing of 

 heavy loam, in conjunction with cow-dung or 

 night-soil, will be very advantageous. The 

 latter is perhaps the best manure that can be 

 used in all but very rich soils. Before using, 

 however, it should be mixed with a quantity of 

 loam, and laid in a heap for a year, and turned 



-Rosery, Mentmore (Lord Rosebery). 

 (By W. Paul & Sons.) 



Area, 130 feet by 88 feet (Grass) surrounded by walk (8), with arch covered with climbing Roses. 



Beds— 1, Crimson. 2, Pink. 3, Deep pink. 4, White. 5, Crimson. 6, Rose— all dwarfs. 7, Mixed Standards 



occasionally. Leaf -mould, peat, burnt earth, 

 stable-manure, soot, or wood -ashes should be 

 added to heavy soils. If the soil is of ordinary 

 quality it ought to be manured every year by 

 mulchings or dressings in winter. 



Planting. — The best time for this is in 

 October or November; but if the ground is 

 not in good order, or is of a very stiff nature, 

 early in spring is preferable. The Teas and 

 Noisettes, with care, are equally hardy with 

 the Hybrid Perpetuals. They are liable to 

 be injured by frost if planted in autumn; this 

 operation, therefore, should in their case be 

 deferred till March or April, or, if the plants 

 are very young, till all danger of frost is over, 

 when they may be turned out from pots. 



Standards should be allowed a space of 3 feet 

 from plant to plant; dwarfs, from 1 foot to 3 feet, 

 according as the variety is less or more vigorous ; 

 they may also be planted between standards. 



Where Roses are to be planted singly on 

 lawns, the soil should be thrown out to the 

 depth of 2 feet, and unless it be of good quality, 

 replaced with good fresh loam mixed with 

 well-rotted manure. In planting, the soil ought 

 to be filled in and slightly trodden to prevent 



sinking; the roots should then be spread out 

 horizontally, within 5 or 6 inches of the surface, 

 and covered with soil, which must afterwards 

 be trodden firm. No manure should be placed 

 in direct contact with the roots. Standards 

 should be secured to stakes. None but strong 

 and vigorous growers, when upon full standards, 

 are suitable for lawns. After planting, the 

 ground should be mulched 

 with light stable-manure. 

 Should the soil be dry, a 

 good watering may be 

 given immediately after- 

 planting. 



In spring the ground 

 should be dug or forked 

 over lightly, and enriched 

 with some well -decom- 

 posed manure. Suckers 

 from stocks must be re- 

 moved whenever they 

 appear. If large and fine 

 flowers are desired rather 

 than quantity, some of 

 the flower-buds ought to 

 be removed. During a 

 severe winter, or in very 

 cold localities, the China, 

 Noisette, and more tender 

 Teas require slight pro- 

 tection; for this purpose branches of fern, fir, 

 or other evergreens may be employed, sticking 

 them thickly into the ground among dwarfs, or 

 tying them on the stem so as to protect the 

 head of standards. A mulching of litter, short 

 dung, leaves, or fibrous turf should likewise be 

 placed over the roots. 



Pruning. — We cut away certain portions of 

 Rose growth in order to allow room for the 

 better development of shoots which will afford 

 the greatest number of good flowers. It is the 

 nature of wild Roses to produce annually new 

 growths from the base. 



Amongst the Bourbon Roses Ave find a vast 

 difference in growth between Souvenir de la 

 Malmaison and Mrs. Paul, the first making 

 growths 1 to 2 feet long, whilst in the latter 

 the shoots sometimes grow to a length of 12 

 feet. And it is the same in other classes. The 

 short growers, represented by Marie Cointet 

 and Laurette Messimy, should be cut back as 

 shown in fig. 610, leaving only the two or 

 three lower eyes on each shoot. Such ordi- 

 nary growers as General Jacqueminot. Marie 

 van Houtte, and Mrs. Bosanquet, require to 

 be pruned as shown in fig. 611, cutting away 



