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WHERE TO GROW ROSES 



LOCATING THE BED. Roses may l»e ^rown in any place where there 

 is sunlight during most of the day. The kind of soil is immaterial, for it 

 can be made to suit the requirements of the Rose. < See further, p. 31.) 

 Your yard will grow Roses if there is sunshine in it for five or six hours a 

 day and a good circulation of air. The average home grounds usually have 

 several available spots for Rose-beds. An eastern exposure is preferable. 

 The presence of trees is not a disadvantage, provided the Roses are not so 

 close that the tree-roots rob the bed of its plant-food. 



DIMENSIONS. The young garden at the top of this page is well laid 

 out. Note the avenue effect produced by the double row of Standard or 

 Tree Roses on either side of the walk ithey should be set at intervals of 

 from 4 to 10 feet). They remind one of the beautiful Rose-gardens in 

 England. Up the wall on either side, Climbing Roses have been started. 

 The front bed on the left in the picture is 4 J feet square, and contains g 

 Roses. The front bed on the right is 4 J feet wide by 6 f eetlong, and con- 

 tains 12 Roses. The rear bed on the right of the walk is 4 J feet wide by 

 13 feet long, and contains 24 Roses, and the long bed in the rear on the 

 left is 4J feet wide by 20 feet long, and contains 36 Roses. 



Beds 4J feet wide accommodate three rows nicely (as above), 12 Roses to 

 every 6 feet. The diagram below shows a bed 3 feet wide for two rows, 

 and wall require 12 Roses to every 9 feet; 24 Roses if 18 feet long, etc. 

 The above estimate is based upon planting the Roses 18 inches apart each 

 w^ay. Eighteen inches to 2 feet is about the right spacing for most bedding 

 Roses. In w^arm countries, where growth is most luxuriant, and for the 

 big, bushy sorts, more room will be required. 



Beds of any other shape or size may be laid out to suit one's fancy (see 



diagram, p. 7). 12 Roses in a round 

 bed 6 feet in diameter. In making 

 large beds and Rose-gardens, provide 

 for a pathway between every three 

 or four rows, so the Roses can be 

 cut and cultivated without treading 

 8M om i.o^G ^ on the loose soil 



