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that will grow freely and bloom profusely over a long period should alone 

 be planted, and happily there are more than sufficient for planting any 

 one garden which fulfil these conditions. 



In furnishing the beds, dwarfs alone may be employed, or (except in 

 the case of the Dwarf Polyanthas) they may have standards and half- 

 standards associated with them. To distribute a few standards and 

 half-standards through the beds and borders is a decided advantage, as 

 they break up the flatness, and thereby add materially to the general 

 effect. These, as already mentioned, should be vigorous, and in the case 

 of Hybrid Perpetuals the selection should be limited to varieties that are 

 perpetual in fact as well as in name. The varieties of all the sections 

 should be somewhat limited, and in preparing a list the intending planter 

 should constantly keep in mind the fact that it will be better to have 

 half-a-dozen plants of one variety that is really first-class in all particulars 

 than tj have that number of plants in as many varieties of which perhaps 

 one-half are decidedly second-rate. 



In the cultivation of Roses in beds the selection of the varieties is an 

 important point, and as but comparatively few will be required even in 

 the largest gardens, they should be of the best. The practice of growing 

 mixtures is capable of much improvement. Mixed beds are seldom 

 satisfactory, for they differ materially in vigour as well as in the freedom 

 of flowering and the colour of the blooms, and beds containing several 

 varieties usually present a gappy and unsatisfactory appearance. Mixtures 

 of Teas are the least objectionable when selected with due regard to their 

 habit, but the practice that can be most strongly recommended is to plant 

 one variety in each bed. The excellent results that are obtained from it 

 are admirably shown in the Royal Gardens, Kew. 



The following varieties form an excellent selection : Hybrid Per- 

 petuals. — Captain Hayward, Dupuy Jamain, Frau Karl Druschki, General 

 Jacqueminot, Mrs. John Laing, Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford, Paul 

 Neyron, Ulrich Brunner. Hybrid Teas. — Augustine Guinoisseau, Camoens, 

 Caroline Testout, La France, Madame Ravary, Marquis of Salisbury, Mrs. 

 W. J. Grant, and Princess Bonnie. Tea- scented. — Corallina, Dr. Grill, 

 Enchantress, General Schablikine, Gloire de Dijon, Janet Lord, Madame 

 Hoste, Marie van Houtte, Mrs. B. R. Cant, and Raoul Chauvry. Chinas. — 

 Common China, Ducher, Duke of York, Fabvier, Laurette Messimy, 

 Madame Eugene Resal, and Queen Mab. General Jacqueminot and 

 Gloire de Dijon should, at the winter pruning, have their long shoots 

 slightly shortened, and then pegged down to within a few inches of the 

 surface. 



