In place of the Gloire de Dijon and the Dutch 

 honeysuckle on the house, the rich, warm colors 

 of the crimson rambler and the Clematis Jack- 

 manni are substituted in glorious profusion. I 

 read the other day that the crimson rambler 

 " does not thrive on a south wall." It would, 

 however, be hard to find one growing more vig- 

 orously or flowering more profusely than the one 

 growing on the south wall of this house. Since 

 it has been tended and manured two years ago it 

 has each summer thrown up fresh shoots ten feet 

 long and has been wreathed in dense masses .of 

 blossoms. 



The shrubberies really owe most of their bright- 

 ness, however, to their being studded with roses 

 growing between the shrubs and through them. 

 Parts of the garden are almost dominated by this 

 rose, the red damask (Gallica) I take it to be, 

 and in some beds the red and white striped one, 

 Rosa Mundi (f). The former seems almost inde- 

 structible. It had virtually taken possession of 

 portions of the shrubberies and was forcing such 

 hardy shrubs as aucubas, berberis, and other 

 things out of existence. I had it pulled up and 



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