HOUSE AND GARDEN 
370 
May, 
1914 
and cultivation. If many roses are to be planted, prepare the 
beds for the hybrid perpetuals with extra heavy soil. The hybrid 
teas, and teas themselves, take more kindly to a lighter soil. 
In width the beds may be three to four feet. It is desirable to 
have them wide enough for two rows of plants, which may be 
cared for and picked without tramping on the bed. The hybrid 
perpetuals are usually placed two 
feet apart, and teas and hybrid 
teas eighteen inches. If the plants 
are set nine inches from either 
edge this will give a width of 
three feet for the latter and three 
and a half for the former. Or 
the perpetuals may be set one foot 
from either edge, which will give 
a width of four feet for them. 
The paths between the beds, which 
may be of grass or cinders, should 
be wide enough for convenient 
use, usually four to five feet. If 
the beds can be prepared some 
time in advance of planting, so 
much the better, as it gives them 
time to settle. In any case, the 
surface of the planted beds should 
be an inch below the borders, and 
should be quite level, except in the 
case of a round bed, which may be 
very gradually rounded off to show off the center plants to better 
advantage, but not with pitch enough to let the rain run off to 
the edge. 
Having the beds ready and the plants on hand, the job of set¬ 
ting the plants is not a difficult one, but it must be carefully and 
thoroughly done. I have already mentioned that the plants are 
shipped either as dormant roots or from pots. There is a dif¬ 
ference in plants, however. Those potted up in the fall and car¬ 
ried over in a cold house, starting into growth naturally in the 
spring, being much hardier, and therefore fit for earlier planting, 
than plants which have been kept in an actively growing condi¬ 
tion all winter. The roots of the dormant plants should be looked 
over, and any that are bruised or broken cut back to firm wood. 
When setting the plants in the soil the roots should be spread out 
in their natural position. Pack the 
soil in about them carefully, 
taking care to leave no air spaces. 
The pot plants are set so the ball 
is an inch or two below the sur¬ 
face. Whether dormant or potted 
plants are being set out, the most 
important thing is to get them in 
firmly enough. After they are in 
position, pack the earth down 
firmly about them, pouring in a 
pint or so of water at the bottom 
of the hole. 
The three most important 
classes of roses for garden cul¬ 
ture are the hybrid perpetuals, 
hybrid teas, and teas; the hybrid 
teas, all things considered, taking 
first place. Get the distinctions 
between these three classes firmly- 
fixed in your mind before order¬ 
ing. First of all, the hybrid per¬ 
petuals are not perpetual in the sense of being ever-blooming. 
They flower freely from the latter part of May to the beginning of 
July; and occasionally again towards the middle of September, 
but this second flowering usually does not amount to much. They 
are the hardiest of the garden roses, and contain some of the very 
best roses, such splendid sorts as Frau Karl Druschki and General 
Jacqueminot. The teas, on the other hand, are the most con- 
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As a hedge or for peeping over the wall the wichuriana roses are not as 
much planted as they should be. Their form is beautiful and their 
foliage attractive 
So few Americans make the rose gardens that one sees everywhere in Europe. If some place may be set off only for the fragrance and beauty of the rose, it more 
than rewards the effort. Here is a corner of the beautiful rose garden planted by Mrs. Finley Shepard, nee Helen Gould. Note how the roses are grouped, how 
grass paths are used, and a thick planting of foliage protects and acts as a background 
