. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . ...—=^.../ <^ ^. - - -^-. Pillars, sunk Two Feet Deep, Wedged Round by Stones, ready•FOR Earth to be Shovelled in. the rose trees gain more from the evergreens shelter thanthey lose from sharing the ground. Ivy is unsuitable. There are very wide rustic arches, ornamental in them-selves, which we do not erect for the express purpose ofhiding them. Trellis-woodwork arches, painted an indeter-minate green, not violent grass-green, or rank myrtle, suit 200 ROSE GARDENING trim villa gardens, but are out of taste in the natural sort ofgarden,
. Rose gardening; how to manage roses and enjoy them . ...—=^.../ <^ ^. - - -^-. Pillars, sunk Two Feet Deep, Wedged Round by Stones, ready•FOR Earth to be Shovelled in. the rose trees gain more from the evergreens shelter thanthey lose from sharing the ground. Ivy is unsuitable. There are very wide rustic arches, ornamental in them-selves, which we do not erect for the express purpose ofhiding them. Trellis-woodwork arches, painted an indeter-minate green, not violent grass-green, or rank myrtle, suit 200 ROSE GARDENING trim villa gardens, but are out of taste in the natural sort ofgarden, on account of the prim checkboard pattern of theirstructure, A very praiseworthy arch can be made by stretching wirenetting taut between two bean or hop poles, then paintingthe netting the greyish brown of these supports. Thesearches are scarcely visible at a little distance. CHAPTER XXXVIIIROSE HEDGES AND ROSE ESPALIERS Roses of Autumn, Roses of Spring,Roses of silver, roses of of all roses poets may sing, Gather me just the sweet scented old briar. IT was a great l
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