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length a solution of this difficulty was found, and 

 now all these square, creosoted uprights are slipped 

 into a shoe of iron and this square metal structure, 

 when embedded in cement, is firm enough to pre- 

 vent any movement of the wooden structure. In 

 between some of the climbing roses in the largest 

 beds are bushes of rosemary, its bright-green 

 foliage giving that repose that is so welcome when 

 flower colour is strong. It was planted also to 

 prove, if it flourished, the truth of the old saying 

 that woman's work prospers where it grows well, 

 and being, too, the emblem of " remembrance," 

 guards the last resting-place of many faithful 

 favourites. The rose garden is where they sleep, 

 those four black pugs and the one beautiful white 

 swan, but their work of giving pleasure to others 

 is not yet ended, for on each small raised grave is 

 a shell-shaped bowl of Compton pottery, in which 

 birds splash and plume their feathers. 



Close to the rose garden is a narrow red-tiled 

 path overshadowed by ornamental vines, leading 

 to a tall bird fountain, on the pedestal of which is 

 written : 



" Prega meglio chi meglio ama ogni creatura." 



No dinner-bell or prospect of a rabbit-hunt will 

 rouse the sleepers now, though fairies say that on 

 midsummer's night Black Prince, that king amongst 

 good-natured pugs, scampers again across the 

 smooth lawns to answer his master's call, and per- 

 haps the swan too sings his death-song in the 

 meadows ? 



Upon three sides of the rose garden are raised 



