THEIR GENERAL ARRANGEMENT. 



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911 as a rosarium, on account of its being object to it on account of appearance. The 

 sufficiently divided to bring the visitor annuals shade the roots during summer, 



and an abundant supply of food may be 

 Fi g- 911. given in a liquid form. The borders in 



1 such a garden should be made both deep 

 ' and rich, and the walks should be of gravel, 

 i edged with box. Poll roses may be planted 

 ; along both sides of the surrounding walk, 

 or may be placed in the large angular 

 borders and circular centre. Shelter and 

 seclusion might be advantageously ob- 

 tained by covering the exterior walk all 

 round with iron trellis-work, and training 

 climbing roses over it. 



As a rosarium in the strict gardenesque 

 style, the annexed example, fig. 912, may 

 be given. It is one of two original de- 

 signs prepared by Messrs Major and Low, 

 landscape-gardeners, of Knosthorp, near 

 Leeds, for Messrs Paul's excellent work 

 on roses, " The Rose Garden," a work 

 . which every rose cultivator would do 

 well to possess. The designers remark : 

 close to the object to be viewed, and to " We have arranged them in the formal 

 enable him to reach the flowers without style, which we decidedly prefer to any 

 going off the walks. In this design we other. In grounds sufficiently extensive 

 have not attempted to show anything for the introduction of various scenes, 

 productive of gardenesque effect, as the the rosarium is one calculated to produce 

 situation of the rosarium should be apart considerable interest ; and, being formal 

 from the general garden in connection and a separate scene, it is necessary that 

 with the house. Our reason for this is, it should be masked out from the gene- 

 that roses produce no striking effect in ral pleasure-ground by shrubs and low 

 themselves, unless when they are in ornamental trees, blending with the ad- 

 flower, and also that, to grow them in joining ground in the natural or English 

 perfection, they require cultural attention style." It will be observed, by a glance 

 not always in keeping with the trimness at our figure, that the longest central 

 of the flower-garden. The multiplicity walk, from a to b, is furnished with an 

 of walks, and narrowness of the borders, arcade of trellis-work, and this arcade is 

 in our figure, are not only intended to for " exhibiting climbing roses, which, we 

 place the flowers within the easy reach of need not say, will produce a very im- 

 the admirer, but also, where the utmost posing effect. It should be formed of 

 neatness is attended to, and the plants latticed pilasters 12 inches wide, and 

 wrought on single stems of various about 6 feet high to the spring of the 

 heights, that the beds may be covered arches, each pilaster having four uprights 

 during summer with dwarf-growing an- 1^-inch square, placed two and two, an 

 nuals, and during winter covered with inch apart, with balls between them at pro- 

 green moss. The stems of the trees, when per distances, and fitted up in the middle 

 tall, should be enveloped in moss, both for with lattice-work, shpwing five-eighths of 

 appearance, and also to prevent too much an inch in front. The openings between 

 evaporation taking place in the stems dur- the pilasters may be from 4 to 5 feet, 

 ing the droughts of spring and summer, according to the height. The arch over 

 Those who are, as it is called, high in the the walk must be of lattice-work. Some 

 fancy, will disclaim covering the ground of the round beds may be of basket-work 

 with annuals, and maintain that it should 12 or 15 inches deep, especially those 

 be covered with rich manure, to feed the shown with a varied outline. In order 

 roots and keep them moist. The utility to make the rosarium as interesting as 

 of surface mulching we do not deny, but possible, the beds might be planted with 

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