IV 



PLANTING 



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H.P.s and Teas grown in the open for the production 

 of the finest blooms the Rose plants will not increase very 

 much in size, for the annual pruning will prevent this. 

 I have seen rows of standards whose distance apart 

 might be counted by yards ; there might be some 

 excuse for wanting " to hide the soil " in such cases. 



It will be found most convenient for reference and 

 labelling, and especially if exhibiting is contemplated, 

 to place all the plants of one variety together in a row ; 

 and though the first idea is to dot them all about the 

 beds, the effect will be better if they are massed 

 together. 



Then the distance of the plants from each other in 

 the rows should depend entirely upon the varieties; 

 sorts that are spreading as well as tall and strong, such 

 as Mrs. Paul, should be eighteen to twenty inches apart, 

 while such as are upright as well as small growers, as 

 Lady Mary Fitzwilliam, may be within nine or ten 

 inches of each other. Between these extremes there 

 will be many gradations, and care should be taken at 

 the same time neither to inconvenience the plants by 

 crowding nor to waste the room. Some tall sorts, like 

 Francois Michelon, are upright and not wide and bushy, 

 and do not therefore require much room ; while others, 

 like Comtesse de Nadaillac, though dwarf are spreading 

 in growth, and cover more ground in proportion. Some 

 guide to these " manners and customs " of the varieties 

 will be found in Chapter XII. It will be best, however, 

 that the strong growers should be set wider apart if 

 quantity rather than quality be aimed at, as in this 

 case the plants will be allowed to increase in size at 

 the annual pruning. The Gloire de Dijon race, 

 Marechal Niel and the Noisettes, which are pruned on 

 a different system and require much more space, should 



