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from plant to plant is sufficient to meet the 

 above requirements. Accordingly rose gar- 

 dens are usually laid out in parallelograms of 

 any length, but with the width limited to five 

 feet. Such a bed should contain three paral- 

 lel rows, twenty-one inches apart, the outer 

 rows twelve inches from the edge. The paths 

 between beds should be not less than five feet 

 in width, to admit of the passage of the water 

 barrel. If more space is available, this width 

 of path, as well as the space between the 

 individual plants, could be increased to 

 advantage. The paths look best if in grass, 

 but well-rolled cinder paths are good and 

 save troublesome weeding. They are the 

 best for wet weather. 



Beds for Hybrid Perpetuals made with a 

 width of four feet will usually be found most 

 satisfactory, as a double row can be planted 

 at intervals of two and a half feet, which will 

 be sufficient space for the strongest-growing 

 varieties, and the beds can be worked and 

 the blooms gathered without the necessity of 

 trampling the soil. 



Space may be economised by setting the 

 plants not directly but diagonally opposite 

 each other. They will then be one foot from 



