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distance of arcade is always preferable to, and more 

 effective than, a long one ; the latter soon becomes 

 monotonous, and we long to be at the end of it by 

 the time we are half-way through. 



But if it is well placed and not overdone, you 

 may have truly lovely effects from your arcade of 

 Roses, Vines, Honeysuckle, Clematis, etc., choosing 

 your climbers so that some are in beauty as early 

 as May, while others do not make their display 

 until September, many of the most showy being 

 midsummer flowers, so that there may always be 

 some plants in full effect during the season. 



ROCKERIES. 



The rock-garden is sometimes placed so as to 

 appear incongruous with its surroundings. It 

 is a form of gardening that is delightful for those 

 who cannot do much hard manual labour them- 

 selves, but who can weed, and cherish a corner of 

 rockery, when they have, perhaps, a very small 

 garden, and only " a man to help " occasionally. 



If you are one of those fortunate persons who 

 have their garden in a land of stone, and of rippling 

 brooks, you will have but little difficulty in finding 

 a suitable place for your rockery ; but I strongly 



