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A terrace or mound should be formed on one 
or more sides, where the whole can be seen from 
one point; the effect when viewed trom above, 
when all the plants are in full bloom, is very 
striking and beautiful, and will amply repay this 
extra expense. It will likewise form an excellent 
boundary, which should in all cases be made to 
separate the Rosarium from the other parts of the 
garden. 
The beds being of moderate width and a path to 
correspond, will allow each plant to be examined, 
tended, and the flowers gathered without incon- 
venience, or the beds being trampled upon, which 
in wet weather would be injurious. 
If the situation to be appropriated to the Rosarium 
is exposed to the north-east or north-west winds, 
an evergreen fence should be planted to afford pro- 
tection. Though of slow growth (unless plants of 
large size can be obtained), nothing would har- 
monise so well or be so well suited to the purpose 
as a yew or holly hedge. <A quicker-growing hedge 
would be the Thuja occidentalis or Thuja Lobbu, 
which will bear clipping, and will form a serviceable 
and handsome fence. Walls are very ugly, nor are 
they nearly so good as hedges. A powerful wind 
will soon find its way over the highest wall, but 
a thick fence will break and distribute the current. 
If walls are used, they should be covered with 
climbing Roses. An embankment or terrace upon 
one side, and a nicely kept yew or holly fence 
upon the other three, would have a very pleasing 
effect. 
