IV. 
A CHAPTER ON ROSES. 
.Rose Filial*. 
A small garden planted en¬ 
tirely with roses has a beauty and 
individuality of its own, a dig¬ 
nity which is quite lacking in 
those ambitious attempts which 
seek to crowd into a small space 
all the contents of the florist’s 
treasury. A rose led should, at 
least, be had in every garden, and 
a good large one, too, while such 
of the pillar varieties as are de¬ 
sirable might climb to their 
hearts’ content in every spare 
nook and corner. 
If roses are satisfied with 
their treatment, no plants yield 
better returns for the care and 
labor bestowed on them ; but, if 
they are neglected, or managed 
ignorantly, they are sorry-look- 
ing affairs. 
The first requisite in their 
cultivation is a stiff, loamy soil, 
which it is scarcely possible, says 
a rose authority, to enrich too 
highly, one fourth old, well-rot- 
