Flower Beds and Borders , 
planting in impoverished soil. The plants i 
season, but after that they would decline in 
a miserable failure. Treat them generously 
annually with decayed manure, assist occas 
and then the plants 
will not only thrive, 
but flower pro- 
fusely. 
Another class of 
plant that possesses 
excellent qualifica- 
tions for bedding is 
the rose. The 
several forms of it 
—the tea-scented, 
moss, noisette, 
hybrid perpetual, 
cabbage, and china WSSSSSSj^ld^Bs£ 
varieties—may be 
grown as standards ; v-.- 
or dwarfs together in 
the same position. | 
This is a better way 
to grow standards 
han the usual plan 
of arranging them 
sentinel-like on the 
lawn and exposing 
their bare stems. 
Standard roses of 
the Gloire de Dijon, 
Aimee Vibert, ever¬ 
green or Ayrshire 
type, that are of a weeping habit, are exceptions to this rule. Such 
kinds look very pretty when well grown and placed in suitable positions. 
The former succeed so much better when planted together in a properly 
prepared bed, and the plants, moreover, can be better attended to in the 
GLOIRE DE DIJON ROSE IN BED 
