GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



gantly the highest English fashions in horticulture. 

 The fertility of their soil, and their many slaves, fore- 

 stalled in a measure their eminent success. 



War and changed conditions have left a sad imprint 

 on many of these gardens; but the naturalness of their 

 beauty, the great luxuriance of their bloom, have not 

 been wiped away. Rose gardens suffocated in roses, 

 roses on walls, pillars, arches, and banks, roses by 

 the thousands still form the wonder of many of the 

 southern gardens near the sea. 



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