58 A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. 



shadow and In repose. To effect this, the garden must ex- 

 tend In longitude from north to south rather than from east 

 to west — the form being oblong or semicircular. The 

 western wall or fence should be high, from 8 to lo feet ; the 

 northern tall and dense, but not necessarily so high as the 

 western ; the eastern such as will keep out cold, cutting 

 winds, but not one ray of sunshine — say 5 feet. To the 

 south the Rosary may be open ; but even here, so hurtful 

 is a rough wind which occasionally blows from this quarter, 

 I prefer some slight protective screen, such as a low bank 

 or a bed of Rhododendrons. 



Of what material should we make the higher boundary 

 fences ? This is a question of time and of outlay. Walls 

 are built at once, and are soon beautifully covered with 

 Noisette and other climbing Roses ; but evergreen hedges 

 of Yew, Holly, American Arborvltae, Berberis, Privet, and 

 Hornbeam, are an admirable contrast to the glowing 

 colours of the Rose, and introduce the air, subdued and 

 softened, like respirators, into the Rosarium. But why not 

 hedges of the Rose itself.^ Might we not have hedges of 

 the common Brier, and bud them with our choicest 

 varieties ? Might we not make hedges of the Ayrshire, 

 Sempervlrens, Boursault, and Sweetbrier Rose } " I have 



