Rugosas and wilder types serve a very useful purpose when grouped 

 among the Shrubbery (for many other uses see pages 26 to 31), but 

 the bush or garden Roses, such as the Tea, Hybrid Tea, and Hybrid 

 Perpetual varieties, will do best if grouped together and not mixed 

 too much with other plants. The size and shape of the bed may 

 be laid out to suit the location, though it is well to remember in 

 making large beds and Rose gardens that you should be able to cut 

 and cultivate the Roses without treading on the loose soil, there- 

 fore, provide for a pathway between every three or four rows, or 

 else make the beds not more than 4^/^ feet wide. 



FOR A FORMAL EFFECT 



Beds ^14, feet wide accommodate three rows nicely, twelve 

 Roses to every 6 feet. The diagram on page 8 shows a bed 3 

 feet wide for two rows, and will require twelve Roses to every 9 feet; 

 twenty-four Roses if 18 feet long, etc. The above estimate is based 

 upon planting the Roses 18 inches apart each way. Eighteen inches 

 to 2 feet is about the right spacing for most bedding Roses. In 

 warm 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. 



The young garden at the top of page 8 is well done. Note the 

 avenue effect produced by the double row of Standard or Tree 

 Roses on either side of the walk (set from 4 to 10 feet apart). 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 43^ ft. square, and contains 9 Roses. 

 The front bed on the right is ^^2 ft. wide by 6 ft. long, and contains 



12 Roses. The rear bed on the right of the walk is 4^ ft. wide by 



13 ft. long, and contains 24 Roses; and the long bed in the rear on 

 the left is 43^ ft. wide by 20 ft. long, and contains 36 Roses. 



Roses for everybody 

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