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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 pro- 

 tective 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 — the warmer ones, looking 

 east and south, with Marechal Niel, Climbing 

 Devoniensis, Cheshunt Hybrid, etc., and the others 

 with Noisette, Ayrshires, and Sempervirens Roses; 

 but evergreen hedges of Yew, Holly, American 

 Arborvitae, Berberis, Privet, and Hornbeam, are 

 an admirable contrast to the glowing colors of 

 the Rose, and introduce the air, subdued and 

 softened, like Respirators, into the Rosarium. But 

 why not hedges of the Rose itself, such as we see 

 in France ? Might Ave not have hedges of the 

 common Brier, and bud them with our choicest 

 varieties ? Might we not make hedges of the 

 Ayrshire, Sempervirens, Boursaultand Sweet-brier 

 Rose ? " I have had a hedge of Rosa villosa these 



