Roses are, of course, beautiful plants for arches and pillars, as we shall see in our special chapter on Roses; but fresh and lovely effects can be secured by inserting stumps here and there in a large bed. They may be solid tree roots, or they may be forks, 2 to 4 feet long, the upper parts of felled trees. A heavy, deep, well-manured soil is best, and planting may be done from November to March inclusive.

Select Rose varieties for this special purpose: -

Alister Stella Gray, light yellow.

Augustine Guinoisseau, blush.

Bardou Job, crimson.

Climbing Souvenir de la Malmaison, flesh.

Grüss an Teplitz, crimson.

L'Ideal, coppery.

Wichuraiana, white.

Wichuraiana rubra, red.

Wichuraiana Pink Roamer, pink.;