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plicity and roundness of form will be observed in the beds, 

 and the grass openings with the grass verge round the edge 

 of the walk are varied and ample. The references will make 

 the details quite intelligible: — 



Beds of Province Roses. 



,, Hybrid Perpetual Roses. 

 „ Damask Roses. 

 „ Moss Roses. 

 Bed of Noisette Roses, with 

 Climbing Rose, trained to 

 a pole, in the center. 



6. Beds of Hybrid China Roses. 



7. ,, Bourbon Roses. 



8. Climbing Roses, trained to poles 



eight feet high. 



9. Standard Roses. 



It will be seen that each important tribe is brought together 

 in beds by itself, and if the sorts be nicely selected and mixed, 

 such an arrangement will be found usually more productive 

 of harmony, character, and tone than any merely promiscu- 

 ous mixture of all the groups. 



7. Special Collections. — There are few places of sufficient 

 magnitude to admit of the formation of what has been termed 

 an arboretum, or complete collection of trees and shrubs 

 classified according to their natural affinities. And where 

 there is actually room for it, such a gathering, according to 

 the received notion of it, would be by no means ornamental, 

 while it would necessarily comprise many species and varieties 

 that are quite unworthy of cultivation. In spite of all this 

 there is the greatest propriety in selecting the most distinct 

 or interesting members of certain tribes and allotting a sepa- 

 rate space to them within the general compass of the pleasure 

 grounds. And one of the most pleasing of such departments 

 would be the pinetum. 



By the term pinetum, however, I do not mean a spot that 

 necessarily accommodates all the known or hardy species and 

 varieties of coniferous plants; much less do I seek to advo- 

 cate the common method of dotting these about, as single 

 specimens, at nearly regular intervals, by the sides of a walk 



