Natural or English Style. 



shown in the plans fig. 3 and fig. 4 it would only be required to throw the shrubbery 

 farther back, and form another range of round beds between it and the Standards ; 

 and if necessary the shrubberies enclosing the Rosarium may be fronted both with 

 Standard and Dwarf Roses. We adopted this plan a few years ago in arranging a 

 Rosarium, the area of which was nearly half-an-acre in extent, but the collection 



Scale of Feet. 

 Fig. 4. a a, Circular arcade of trellis-work, b, Aviary or Sun-dial, c c, Covered seats, d d d d. Weeping Roses. 



being very extensive we found it necessary to front the whole of the shrubbery 

 enclosing the compartment both with Standards and Dwarfs ; and during the bloom- 

 ing season it presented a scene truly magnificent, surpassing the assemblage of any 

 other family of plants we ever saw, even a splendid collection of Rhododendrons 

 which composed another scene in the same grounds. 

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