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another there, and others on top of those. You can 

 merely tell him what to avoid, and let him work out his 

 own salvation. Now, luckily, one can give working 

 designs for the rose gardener, since the formal rose 

 garden has the great advantage over the rock garden, 

 that it is made on the flat. They may, like all plans 

 that are drawn for general guidance, be copied either 

 wholly or in part, as seems best to suit the circum- 

 stances. 



The rose garden, like all other auxiliary gardens, 

 while so placed as to form part of the general scheme of 

 arrangement, should be a little pleasaunce to itself, and 

 though readily accessible from the house, is preferably 

 so situated that its presence is not revealed until the 

 visitor has reached it. Let the fragrant petals proclaim its 

 whereabouts, luring the visitor with dreams of rose 

 beauty before he is permitted a view of the roses them- 

 selves ; and disappointment shall not lie in waiting if 

 the reader plans without haste, plants without delay, 

 and prunes without feeling. Privacy is most charmingly 

 assured by the sunk rose garden. Alas ! that most of 

 us have to make our rose gardens on the flat. There is 

 no greater joy in gardening than in laying out a garden 

 on undulating ground. In the first place, it is so much 

 simpler ; so little ingenuity is needed ; so many points 

 suggest themselves that in dealing with flat ground are 

 achieved only slowly and after much thought. 



How easy it is to cloak the sunk rose garden from 

 view. A few shrubs and scattered trees, a walk that 

 winds about them, an arbour here, a group of rose pillars 



