August 13, 1885. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 
133 
The position is 60 yards long, and about 40 wide, so will hold a large 
number of Roses. For any information I shall be obliged.—A. B. 
Welton. 
^[The following plan and method of planting the Rose'garden at Ment- 
more will form an “ idea,” but the design can he modified to suit the 
position. 
As will be seen by reference to the plan and mode of planting, the 
system has been adopted of massing the very dark varieties together, 
such as the crimsons ; also the deep pinks, pale rose colours, or white or 
very light Roses in separate beds, the groups being arranged so that the 
colours are seen to the best advantage, and that the due balance of the 
design is maintained. The central bed alone is planted in mixed colours, 
so that the surrounding beds are rendered more distinct. The beds are 
all on grass. The soil was taken out 3 feet deep, and fresh soil, consist¬ 
ing of three parts of fine old turf and one part of decayed cow dung, was 
employed for the Roses. After the Roses were planted in February a 
good mulching of rich dung was given to the beds. 
The Rose garden is 130 feet in length by 88 feet in width, the round 
beds being 9 feet in diameter, and the segments of circles 4 feet. A is a 
6 feet gravel walk all round. This walk is covered with an iron trellis 9 
No. 5, Laslia, La Reine, Francois Michelon, Peach Blossom, La France, 
Madame Chirard, Mdlle. de Stella, Souvenir de la Reine d’Angleterre, 
Duchess of Sutherland, Baronne Prevost, Andr6 Dunand, Princess 
Beatrice, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Michel Bonnet. 
No. 6, Mdlle. Thcrfise Levet, Anna Alexieff, Mons. Woolfield, Baronne 
Prevost, Abel Grand, Madame Georges Schwartz, and Baronne de 
Rothschild. 
No. 7, Alfred de Rougemont, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Camille de 
Rohan, Fisher Holmes, Prince Humbert, Due de Wellington, Comte 
Raimbaud, Baron Hau^sman, and Duchesse de Caylus. 
No. 8, Duke of Edinburgh, Baron Bonstetten, Jean Cherpin, John 
Keynes, Black Prince, St. George, Pierre Notting, and Lor i Macaulay. 
No. 9, Princess Louise Victoria, Queen Victoria, Olga Marix, Madame 
Rivers, Coquette des Blanches, Caroline de Sansal, and Madame 
Lacharme. 
No. 10, Lady E. Peel, Mdlle. Maurin, Boule de Neige, Mdlle. 
Bonnaire, Amelie Hoste, Thyra Hammerick, and Coquette des Blanches. 
No. 11, Boule de Neige, Louise Darzens, and Caroline de Sansal. 
No. 12, Tbyra Hammerick, Amelie Hoste, Elise Boelle, Gonsoli 
Gaelano, and Duchesse de Vallombrosa. 
feet high in the centre, and the trellis covered with climbing and other 
Roses, n is the border where the Roses are planted for climbing over 
the trelliswork. C is a grass sloping bank, so that the walk is about 18 
inches higher than the Rose beds. The dots on the plan represent standard 
Roses. The Roses for the beds were supplied by Messrs. W. Paul & Son 
of Waltham Cross. Some are on their own roots, and some on the 
Manetti stock. All have grown and flowered well. The situation is high 
and open to the south and west, but sheltered from the north and east. 
The mode of planting the beds is as follows :— 
Bed No. 1, General Jacqueminot, Beauty of Waltham, Leopold 
Premier, Mare hal Vaillant, Glory of Waltham, Mdlle. Marie Rady, 
Madame Charles Wood, Firebrand, Etienne Levet, Senateur Vaisse, 
Franpois Louvat, Charles Lefebvre, Maurice Bernardin, and Dr. Andry. 
No. 2. Mdlle. Marie Rady, Duke of Edinburgh, Charles Turner, Com- 
tesse d’Oxford, Princess of Wales, Paul Verdier, Dupuy-Jamain, Mdlle. 
Annie Wood, Alfred Colomb, Prince de Portia, Jean Lambert, Star of 
'Valtham, and Queen of Waltham. 
No. 3, Gdn6ral Jacqueminot, Marechal Vaillant, Senateur Vaisse, 
Beauty of Waltham, Glory of Waltham, Dupuy-Jamain, Comtesse 
d'Oxford, Dr. Andry, Firebrand, Baron Haussmann, Maurice Bernardin, 
Etienne Levet, and Francois Louvat. 
No. 4, Mdlle. Marie Rady, Paul Verdier, Princ;ss of Wales, Duke of 
Edinburgh, Comtesse d’Oxford, Dupuy-Jamain, Mdlle. Annie Wood, 
Alfred Colomb, Exposition de Brie, Queen of Waltham, and Star of 
Waltham. 
No. 13, Beauty of Waltham, Mdlle. Decour, Madame Victor Verdier 
Camille Bernardin, La Brillante, Docteur Andry, and Charles Turner. 
No. 14, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Madame Charles Crapelet, Alfred 
Colomb, G6n6ral Jacqueminot, Antoine Ducher, Duke of Edinburgh, 
Comtesse d’Oxford, Madame Charles Wood, and Prince Eugene Beau- 
liarnais. 
No. 15, Beauty of Waltham, Camille Bernardin, Prince de Portia, 
Madame Decour, Madame Victor Verdier, La Brillante, Prince Camille 
de Rohan, Dr. Andry, Charles Turner, and Mdlle. Marie Rady. 
No. 16, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Mar6sbal Vaillant, Madame C. Crape- 
let, Duke of Edinburgh, Exposition de Brie, Alfred Colomb, and Com- 
tease d’Oxford. . „ 
No. 17, Madame Chirard, Reine du Midi, John Hopper, Anna Alexiefl, 
Jules Margottin, Queen Eleanor, Madame Scipion Cochet, Edouard 
Morren, Madame Boll, and Paul Neyron. _ 
No. 18, Paul Neyron, Paul Verdier, Charles Rouillard, Baronne 1 re- 
vost, John Hopper, Perfection de Lyon, and Magna Charta. 
No. 19, Madame Chirard, Reine du Midi, John Hopper, Jules Mar¬ 
gottin, Anna Alexieff, Queen Eleanor, Madame Scipion Cochet, Madame 
Boll, Edouard Morren, and Paul Neyron. 
No. 20, Paul Neyron, Paul Verdier, Baronne Prevost, John Hopper, 
Perfection de Lyon, and Magna Charta.] 
Hardy Flowers at Kensington.— An extensive and beautiful display 
of hardy flowers is being maintained at South Kensington by Mr. 1. b. 
