ROSE GARDENS 69 



wall crowned by a balustrade. At the foot of this, 

 on the further side, is a terrace whose whole width is 

 about twenty-four feet. Then another and higher 

 retaining wall rises to nearly the level of the wooded 

 land above. This has no parapet or balustrade. The 

 top edge of the wall is protected by bushy and free- 

 growing Roses, and a walk runs parallel with it, 

 bounded by rambling Roses on both sides. On the 

 wooded side many of the Roses run up into the trees, 

 while below Sweet-brier makes scented brakes and 

 tangles. 



The lawn level has a narrow border at the foot of 

 the wall where on the sunnier side are Roses that are 

 somewhat tender and not very large in growth. On 

 the terraces there are Roses again, both on the side 

 of the balustrade and on that of the retaining wall. 

 The balustrade is not covered up or smothered with 

 flowery growths, but here and there a Rose from 

 above comes foaming up over its edge and falls 

 over, folding it in a glorious mantle of flower and 

 foliage. It is well where this occurs that the same 

 Rose should be planted below and a little farther 

 along, so that at one point the two join hands and 

 grow together. 



So there would be the quiet lawn spaces below, 

 whose cool green prepares the eye by natural laws 

 for the more complete enjoyment of the tinting of 

 the flowers whether strong or tender, and there is 

 the same cool green woodland carried far upward for 

 the outer framing of the picture. In no other way 

 that I can think of would beautiful groupings of Roses 



