How to manage a Garden 



of the crimson rambler type may be employed to cover 

 them, or the well-known canary creeper, clematis, ampe- 

 lopsis, and many other subjects. Arches reaching from 

 one border to the other, and spanning the walk, also form 

 a pleasing feature in the garden. During their period of 

 flowering I can imagine no sight more beautiful than that 

 of several arches spanning a broad walk, and being well 

 clothed at sides as well as at the top with large clusters 

 of the well-known crimson rambler. These arches may 

 be bought ready made in two sections, or they may be 

 formed of rough pieces of wood intended to give a rustic 

 appearance. For the person of small means this latter 

 method is certainly the better. 



Pergolas are formed somewhat in the same way. A 

 pergola is not to be advised for a small garden. It takes 

 up valuable space, breaks the view, and gives rather more 

 shadow than in a small area is conducive to general suc- 

 cess. Therefore I strongly advise amateurs to leave per- 

 golas severely alone, and occupy their space with something 

 which will surely give them pleasure. This advice is, how- 

 ever, not intended to apply to those whose garden area is 

 more spacious. 



The Rose Garden. 



The position of the rose garden should, unless uncon- 

 trollable circumstances conspire to make it otherwise, be 

 out of view of the house, for although it is a picture of 

 beauty during the summer months, even the most ardent 

 devotee to the " queen of flowers " must acknowledge that 

 a mass of rose trees possesses no beauty in the winter 

 time. It should then be away from view of the house, 

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