8 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



removed to other sites as the Hose collection increased and de- 

 manded yet more space. A flat plan cannot convey the right idea 

 of this arrangement : the hedges and closely set pillars, for example, 

 produce an effect almost of a thicket, the bank is partly turfed, but 

 trailing Roses fling down long branches over the grass, and there are 



FIG. 1 



bushes of free growing Hoses on the summit. In distinction from 

 these floral heights are the opposite plots : in the first are pegged - 

 down Teas, then dwarf Polyanthas, finally dwarf Teas, which are 

 grateful for the protection afforded by the belt of Briar Roses in the 

 neighbouring bed, and the shelter of the pillar Roses, hedge, and the 

 flowering shrubs to the north of them. In the second low plot dwarf 

 Roses, mostly Teas, are picturesquely grouped among rocks ; there 



