36 THE ROSE GARDEN. 



There are two other Rosariums, similar in design, situated on the same side, 

 between rows or groves of trees, but they are on a level with the public promenades. 

 In consequence of this, and being surrounded by trees, the effect they produce is 

 very inferior to that of the one just mentioned. No. 2 is an isometrical view of 

 one of these: the other is so similar in design to No. 1, that we think it unne- 

 cessary to introduce it. The double lines here are intended to shew the edgings 

 of the beds, which are of Box. The vases in the centre are planted with Gera- 

 niums, Verbenas, &c. during the summer months. It is wholly surrounded with 

 trees; but they are shewn here on two sides only, in order that the plan of the 

 Rosarium might not be interfered with. The presence of these trees could be dis- 

 pensed with to advantage. By excluding sunlight and a free circulation of air 

 they produce most pernicious consequences, which the drawn and weakly state of 

 the plants sufficiently prove. 



The gardens of the Luxembourg are enclosed by a kind of fence, made of light 

 sticks, which are much used in France for similar purposes. The manner of 

 planting adopted i3 this : — The beds are about seven feet wide, and contain two 

 rows. Two plants of each variety, a standard and a dwarf, are planted side by 

 side, at distances of about three feet. They are so disposed that every standard 

 has a dwarf behind it, and in consequence every dwarf is backed by a standard. 

 The number of plants contained in the Rosarium of which No. 1 is a ground-plan 

 is about 1800. The Roses in No. 1 are apparently planted without any design 

 of keeping the respective groups together. In the other gardens, however, one 

 is planted solely with Autumnals, and the other with the various groups of Summer 

 Roses. The extreme simplicity in their formation renders them not very brilliant 

 objects on paper : but although the design be simple, the effect is good. Now, 

 without holding these gardens up to view as perfection, I do think two principal 

 points in the formation of the Rosarium have been perfectly wrought out. Here 

 is a terrace, from which we can look down upon the plants ; view them as a 

 whole (which is indeed a grand sight) ; and they are so arranged, that we can 

 look closely at each by descending to the walks. The greatest objection appears 

 to me to exist in the non-arrangement of the varieties in separate groups, 

 according to external characters ; and which might have been done without 

 lessening the effect produced as a whole. 



Hertfordshire, famed for its Rose Gardens, can boast of none to excel 

 in variety and beauty that at Broxbournebury, the seat of George J. Bo- 

 sanquet, Esq. 



On entering the Flower Garden from the front of the house, the first thing 

 to engage attention in the way of Roses is a plant of the Noisette Lemarque, 

 of considerable size, trained against a south-west wall. It is budded on the 

 common Chinese, or Monthly, and thrives well, producing clusters of six or eight 

 of its rich lemon-coloured blossoms on a single shoot. It receives no protection 

 from frost during winter, yet suffers no injury, owing probably to the soil being 

 dry, and the situation airy. 



