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are placed at 5 and 6 may have somewhat similar shades at 13, 13, 
and 14, 14, of smaller growing sorts. At from 13 to 20 inclusive, 
next to the above, selections of the bushiest growers may be made 
from Classes I, II, and III of Division II. The outside figures of 
the same numbers represent the most vigorous roses from Classes 
III or IV of the same division. Outside of these, near the lawn, 
each of the eight projecting parts of the bed may have seven China 
and tea roses bedded out in the spring, and removed in the 
fall. Or by making the projecting parts of the beds narrower, these 
maybe dispensed with. The number of roses indicated to fill this 
bed is as follows : For the centre four; for the first circle sixteen ; 
for the second circle eight; for the third eight; and around each 
of the outside ends of the lines seven pot-roses. The bed, there¬ 
fore, would require thirty-six permanent roots, and fifty-six pot- 
plants ; but the latter may be dispensed with. As no large bed 
like this should be laid out except by those who are either well 
versed in roses, or who employ good gardeners, it is not necessary 
to name the roses for each place in it. 
Bed, Fig. 10, is too simple to require a selection named in de¬ 
tail. A bed of that size we would recommend to crowd full of 
noisette, tea, and China roses, the largest in the centre, although 
only three places are figured ; three bushes being enough to fill it 
if the largest kinds are selected. 
Bed, Fig. ii, is a bed supposed to be near a walk on its 
straight side, for a compact mass of low-growing Noisette, tea, and 
China roses from Class IV. 
THE CANADA RHODORA. Rhodora canadc?isis. 
A little mountain shrub, growing in wet places, and noticeable 
for the extreme earliness of its pale purple flowers, which bloom in 
terminal clusters, before the leaves expand, in April and May. 
Height two to three feet. A pretty companion for the flowering 
almond and the Japan quince. 
