. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. 88 THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE planted, a garden can be designed sufl&ciently large to accommodate them; but whether just a few plants or a whole garden is decided upon, the beds must be made a practical width. WIDTH OF ROSE BEDS The size of the garden will have some bearing on the width of the beds, but in no case should they be more than four and one-half feet wide, and three feet is better. This is not only a practical considera- tion from the standpoint of cutting the flowers, but in addition, Roses produce a better effect wh
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. 88 THE COMPLETE HOME LANDSCAPE planted, a garden can be designed sufl&ciently large to accommodate them; but whether just a few plants or a whole garden is decided upon, the beds must be made a practical width. WIDTH OF ROSE BEDS The size of the garden will have some bearing on the width of the beds, but in no case should they be more than four and one-half feet wide, and three feet is better. This is not only a practical considera- tion from the standpoint of cutting the flowers, but in addition, Roses produce a better effect when arranged in narrow beds, with a large area of turf surrounding them. The shape or outline of the beds should follow the lines of the garden, leaving, if possible, a good, broad panel of turf down the central axis. A bed three feet wide will accommodate two rows of bushes planted eighteen inches apart and nine inches from the edge of the bed. Turf makes the most pleasing walk from a practical as well as from an esthetic standpoint, the ground- work of green forming a splendid foil for the rich colors in the Roses. PREPARATION OF ROSE BEDS As previously stated, Roses must have good drainage, and to make sure of this it is advisable to supply drainage in each bed. While it must not be understood that the following instructions are absolutely impera- tive to successful Rose growing, it is certain that the better the soil and conditions they are given, the better. the Roses will grow. This, then, is the ideal: Dig out the bed two or two and 'one- half feet deep. On the bottom place a six-inch layer of broken stone or. —PeplK ±-D plarxt • Fig. 84.—Planting a Rose bush—one case in which the reset plant should stand deeper than it|grew before. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jennings, Art
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