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best in a rich loamy soil, and in an open situation, as 
they will not do well long where they are crowded in 
amongst large growing shrubs or trees, although when 
planted around the margin of a shrubbery they are 
very ornamental, but they thrive best in a flower gar¬ 
den, when planted in beds or clumps by themselves. 
There is a natural desire to possess them in their 
greatest beauty, both as regards their flowers and also 
their general appearance, and the accomplishment of 
this will depend in a great measure on the taste of the 
designer, and local circumstances. To attain their 
full perfection in size and color, they should have an 
open situation, so as to give abundance of air and 
light; and to look well, they should be grooped togeth¬ 
er, in such a manner as to form a pyramid, rising 
gradually in height from the dwarf roses around the 
base, to the tall roses in the centre, forming its apex. 
The disposing of roses in beds in this manner will 
require but little explanation; the chief point being 
only to plant the more vigorous growing kinds in the 
centre of the beds, and include as great a variety of 
colors as possible. Such a disposal of roses would 
at the time of flowering make a most splendid show, 
and could be adapted on a large or small scale, as 
suited the space allowed them, or the amateur. 
Cultivation. —Hoses may be planted either in the 
fall or spring, as soon the frost is out of the ground. 
If they are planted in rows, they should be three feet 
apart, and the plants four feet from each other, placing 
them so that a line drawn from any three of them to each 
other would form a triangle. Thus they would have 
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