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Aspasie. Damask : QEillet Parfait. A bed of dwarf 

 Red Moss and a bed of mixed Autumnals complete 

 this garden. The American garden, through which we 

 have to pass on our way to the new Rosery, consists of a 

 large circular space of lawn ground inclosed with a laurel 

 bank, and studded with round groups of American plants, 

 dahlias, and various bedding | plants. Adjoining this is 

 the new Rosery, which comprises a series of fifteen circular 

 clumps thrown together on a lawn, and planted principally 

 with Autumnals. The plants are dwarf-standards and 

 dwarfs. The groups are not kept separate ; the varieties 

 are planted indiscriminately. These clumps having been 

 recently formed contain many new varieties. The follow- 

 ing were thought good Hybrid Perpetual: Due d'Alengon, 

 Comtesse Duchatel, Olivier de Serres, La Reine, Robin 

 Hood, Baronne Prevost, very large, Le Commandant 

 Fournier, Comte de Montalivet, Sydonia, Leonie Vergier, 

 Cornet, Coquette de Bellevue, La Bouquetiere. Bourbons : 

 Amenaide, Lady Canning, Cezanne Souchet, Comte 

 d'Eu, Marianne, Theresa Margat, Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 Speciosa, Madame Tripet, Angelina Bucelle, Glory of 

 Paris, Vicomte de Cussy, Julie de Fontenelle, and Le 

 Florifere. Chinese: Duchess of Kent and Joseph Deschiens. 

 Noisette: Pourpre de Tyre. Tea- Scented: Devoniensis. 

 On the lawn, among and surrounding the Roses, we 

 observed fine single specimens of Cedar of Lebanon, Cut- 

 leaved Alder, Silver Fir, and American Oak. The soil 

 here is a loose loam, which absorbs water readily ; it 

 is about eighteen inches deep, resting on a bed of gravel. 

 Returning to the American garden, we traversed a walk 

 about seventy yards long, completely over-arched with 

 hornbeam, and which leads to the lawn running up to the 

 front of the house. On the lawn were groups of clumps, 

 in which the usual bedding plants were introduced. From 

 the west front of the house there opens a most extensive 

 prospect. Looking down a gentle slope, a lake is seen in 

 the low ground; around it, and on the rising ground, are 



