CHAPTER V 



The Rose Garden 



Best Soils — Width of Beds — Preparation of Soil — Time to 

 Plant — Distance Apart — Summer Treatment — Insects — Diseases 

 — Kinds of Roses — Brier Roses — Climbing Roses — Tea Roses — 

 Hybrid Teas — Hybrid Perpetuals — Pernetiana, Moss and 



Polyantha Roses 



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0 one really has a garden without some Roses. All sorts of Roses 

 are admirable. Everyone says the same things about the location 

 of the Rose garden — that it must be sheltered from the wind, but 

 not surrounded, so that 

 the air may have some 

 circulation. It must not 

 be in the proximity 

 of large, water-robbing 

 trees. It should have 

 sun the greater part of 

 the day. But everyone 

 cannot locate his Rose 

 garden in an ideal spot. 

 Fortunately a few hardy, 

 robust kinds can be 

 grown under rather ad- 

 verse conditions. 



Soils 



The soil best suited 

 for Roses is usually con- 

 sidered to be a medium 

 heavy clay loam, es- 

 pecially for Hybrid Per- 

 petuals, Briers and 

 climbers. The Hybrid 

 Teas and Teas prefer a 

 lighter soil. The .Hybrid Perpetuals, Hybrid Teas and Teas require 

 perfect drainage. 



Width of Beds 



Roses are best planted in beds. If they are to be worked from 

 both side3, five or six feet is wide enough and three feet is the proper 

 width for beds against the walls. Beds that are too wide necessitate 



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Rose walk at a country home. 



This arbor is covered with Prairie Roses, vars. 

 Baltimore Belle and Queen of Prairie . 



