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Choosing the Location: Hybrid Perpetuals

Some varieties, as for example the Rugosas and the "rose species," serve a very useful purpose when planted among the shrubbery. Many other uses, too, are described on pages 64 to 76. The bush roses, however, including the Teas, Hybrid Teas, and Hybrid Perpetuals, will prove most satisfying if segregated and not mixed too much with other plants. The location will help to decide the shape of your bed, and it is mainly a matter of taste as to whether it shall be straight, curved, oblong, round, or square. The essential point to remember is this: You will want to get within arm's reach of every rose in your bed, many times in a year, without stepping on the bed. Not over 5 feet in width and preferably 42 feet, therefore, is a good rule to follow.

Arrange the roses 18 inches apart each way, unless they are very vigorous growers, in which case allow 2 feet for spread. In warm countries, where the growth is most MME. CAROLINE TESTOUT is a royal Hybrid Tea Rose. It deserves its reputation for continuously providing large, rich, satiny pink flowers SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE BEDS 13 luxuriant, and for the big bushy sorts, even more room will be required. Again, there is the other extreme as, for example, in making a border or edging of Polyantha roses, a fine continuous effect may be had by spacing them in the row at only 12 inches apart.

This diagram shows a bed 3 feet wide for two rows. A bed this width, "staggered," 3 PT WIDE Q Q 8FT 6IN LONG 18 181N will require twelve roses to every 9 feet, twenty-four roses if 18 feet long, and larger beds in the same proportion. The young garden in the picture below is well done.