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in which they live is too cold, but such a statement cannot be substanti- 

 ated. I venture to say there is no garden in which Roses of some kind 

 or another cannot be grown, and successfully too, if the Roses are selected 

 for the garden. 



This statement is borne out by Mr. H. E. Molyneux, of Balham, 

 who says in the "Garden" of June 14: — "I undertake to say that 

 there is no garden, however small, so long as sun and fresh air reach it, 

 outside the four-mile radius from Charing Cross, that will not grow 

 Roses of some sort or another, and grow them well." 



This should prove a ray of sunshine to many despairing lovers of the 

 Queen of Flowers. 



Failure has more than once been brought about by visits to Rose 

 shows, where may have been seen a grand bloom of 1 Souvenir d'Elise ' or 

 4 Comtesse de Nadaillac' Perhaps either may have been awarded a 

 silver medal for the best Tea Rose in the show, and thus made doubly 

 attractive. One can readily imagine a youthful enthusiast making notes 

 of both, never dreaming of becoming an exhibitor, but hoping to grow 

 these Roses in his own garden, and he orders perhaps six plants of each 

 for a start. Is not this courting failure, and likely to end in disgust — 

 fifteen shillings clean gone, and no result ! Another enthusiast visits a 

 show and makes notes of 1 Georges Nabonnand,' ' Madame Falcoc,' ' Madame 

 Lambard,' and several others, and, like No. 1, orders a few plants of each, 

 with the result that, having purchased "Roses for the garden," the 

 result is most enchanting, and he discovers that Roses will grow in his 

 garden, although perhaps he had been told over and over again they 

 would never " do." 



Now the purposes for which " Tea Roses for the garden " may be used 

 are so varied that it is almost impossible to enumerate them here, and, as 

 may be readily understood, much must depend on the space which can be 

 allotted to them ; but a garden of ordinary dimensions must provide space 

 for some Roses, and where practicable beds of Roses, in which may be 

 planted in groups of one variety such charming and continuous bloomers 

 as ' Souvenir de Catherine Guillot,' ' Anna Olivier,' ' Georges Nabonnand,' 

 1 Madame Chedane Guinoisseau,' and others of similar habit of growth, 

 bearing in mind always that the colours harmonise. 



If planted in borders, the taller-growing ones should be placed at the 

 back ; if in beds, the taller-growing must be placed in the middle. 



Oval beds of Roses may be much improved m appearance by planting 

 a climber on each side of the bed near the turf, and training it to an iron 

 rod bent over the bed in the shape of a half-moon, eventually forming 

 the handle to what appears in the distance "a basket of Roses." 



Soil and situation play a less important part in the life of these 

 Roses, preference being given to good mixed, moderately gritty soil, 

 rather than stiff clay or loam ; and the object being to produce abundance 

 of bloom rather than large individual flowers, the manure is not of so 

 much consequence. 



Perhaps the next most important point is the pruning of " Tea Roses 

 for the garden." Nature here provides its own lesson ! As the object 

 aimed at is to provide an abundance of bloom, it is necessary the plants 

 should be allowed freedom of growth to expand, and therefore the old 



