THE ROSE GARDEN l8l 



three feet apart, and bushes not less than one 

 and a half to two feet. 



I question whether it is ever desirable to use 

 standards of greater height than three feet. 

 The lanky, bent specimens one sees occasion- 

 ally pointing skyward are truly ugly, and have 

 ' no raison d'etre. 



Standards look better in groups than in 

 single file, though the latter arrangement 

 may sometimes be desirable when it is intended 

 to introduce a well-marked line. 



The disposition of the plants in a rose garden 

 is largely a matter of taste. With many beds 

 to fill, we may devote each bed to several 

 roses of the same colour or kind, and thus get 

 our colour effect in masses. On the other 

 hand, with a less elaborate garden, contrasting 

 or harmonizing colours may be associated 

 together in the same bed or border. The 

 range of colour in roses is so great and so har- 

 monious that one can hardly make a mistake, 

 except perhaps in associating the magenta- 

 tinted varieties with reds and pinks of purer 

 hue. The former, carrying as they do a note 

 of blue, go better side by side with whites 

 and yellows. The presence of too large a 



