One of the first essentials in a bedding Rose is, that it should stand well up on its foot-stalk. For a pole or climber the reverse of this would, of course, be the most graceful; one is to be looked down upon, the other up at If this is remembered, the value of such qualities in their respective adaptations will at once be recognized. However abundant or prolonged a bloomer a Rose may be, if it droops its flowers, half its effect in a bed is entirely lost And if a shower of rain falls, the accumulated moisture, acting by its weight on the feeble foot-stalks, increases the evil. A bed of such Roses can never give satisfaction. Scrambling Roses, to be pegged down during their season of growth, do not make the kind of effect in beds that one could wish, I would have all worked plants, selecting them with different heights of stock, to suit the different positions in planting; the dwarfer on the outside, the taller in the center. I should not expect great results the first season of planting. During that period I should have an eyo to the formation of the head, endeavoring to extend it horizontally as much as possible.

When once the surface of the bed becomes over-arched with good flower-bearing wood, and the luxuriance of the plants is checked, supposing the kinds of Roses to be suitable, nothing in the way of massing could be more beautiful. This may be inferred from the effects of a single head of a free-blooming standard of any kind. To get good beds some little time must be consumed in the preparation. One must not be impatient Young and luxuriant plants will never realise all that is expected of them. But there is no reason why the necessary preparation should take place in the fiower-gardea The reserve-ground is the proper place for preparation, and Roses may be prepared there as well as in the beds in which they are to flower. Suppose two seasons' probationary treatment is required, they can there be attended to, and transplanted in full condition to their allotted beds in the garden. To treat Roses as ordinary bedding plants, and selecting from them at random, must ever end in partial disappointment; and from not giving the subject due consideration, and taking the necessary precautions, doubtless arises most of the disappointment in this branch of gardening. - G. L., in Gardeners' Chronicle, London.