128 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



open spaces, not in small gardens. Ultimately there may be fine crops, 

 but scarcely ever is there any fruit at all upon trees in their second 

 or third year after planting. 



Rambler Roses are the ideal wall decoration, combined 

 with Clematises, Honeysuckle, Jasmines, Wistaria, Pyrus japonica, 

 Passion Flowers, Solanum jasminoides, etc. All the relatives of the 

 Gloire de Dijon Rose are admirable climbers, Devoniensis will 

 flourish in the south aspect, while in a corner between a south and 

 a west aspect it is probable that the grand Marechal Niel would 

 succeed. An elevated summer-house should be erected wherever the 

 garden is much enclosed by giant walls ; it can be raised on pillars, 

 and possess a platform beneath, on which chairs can be set, as well 

 as the pavilion-room raised on a level with the top of the walls so as 

 to gain all the air and view beyond them. Of course this summer- 

 house cannot be built very cheaply. Another method that costs less 

 is to put a three-cornered platform across a corner on the top of the 

 walls, make a fencing round two sides of it, a very low rail on the 

 longest side that faces the garden, and construct a simple little stair- 

 case against one wall, to lead up to it. This elevated plateau will be 

 a charming spot in fair but not too hot weather. 



