72 THE ROSE GARDENS OF HERTFORDSHIRE. 



although the summit is still crowned with verdure. After 

 passing this relic of antiquity, the road leads down a 

 precipitous steep, and over a gentle ascent to the ridgeway, 

 a road about two miles long, cut through woods of oak 

 and fir, which re-echoed with the voices of their feathered 

 inhabitants. On reaching the desired place, the collection 

 of Pot-Roses was first met with. They were not plunged, 

 but standing under a wall. Among the new kinds were 

 observed Hybrid Perpetual* : Soleil d'Austerlitz, Madame 

 Trudeaux, and Cymedor. The Summer Rosery is com- 

 prised within a walled square, laid out in square beds. 

 The borders under the walls are filled with American and 

 herbaceous plants, and the walls are covered with standard 

 Roses, principally summer bloomers, trained in the manner 

 of fruit-trees. Ayrshire: Ruga. Sempervirens: Felicite 

 Perpetue. Hybrid Chinese, &c.: Celine and La Majesteuse. 

 Bourbon: Madame Desprez. Noisette: Lamarque (splen- 

 did), and La Biche were among the most striking. In 

 the centre of this garden is a Rose temple, the outside of 

 which consists of eleven pointed arches ; from these chains 

 rise to a high standard in the centre, forming graceful 

 curved lines, which it is intended to cover with Climbing 

 Roses. The following are some of the kinds planted to 

 accomplish this object Ayrshire: Ruga. Multiflora: 

 Russelliana. Hybrid Chinese: Blairii No. 2 and Flora 

 M'lvor. On a south wall was a standard Cloth of Gold, 

 which does not flower in summer, but blooms well in 

 autumn from the second growth. The beds in this Rose 

 garden are planted with standards and dwarfs intermixed ; 

 the plants having been added at different times without 

 strict regard to the proper heights, the arrangement is 

 somewhat incongruous. We were informed, however that 

 a fresh arrangement is contemplated. The following were 

 noted as fine specimens Hybrid Bourbon : Coupe d'Hebe, 

 Henri Barbet, and Las Casas. Hybrid Chinese: Belle 

 Marie. French : Grandissima, Duchess of Buccleuch, 

 Boula de Nanteuil, and Latifolia. Hybrid Provence: 



