20 THE ARBOUR. [JAN. 



roses and shrubs, you will not be displeased 

 with, but like it, I hope, as much as the sides 

 next to the shrubbery. 



Having now disposed of the appearances in 

 your garden with which you are dissatisfied, 

 and directed you to make a border round three 

 sides of it, I proceed to the fourth. I remem- 

 ber, you enter through the shrubbery on that 

 side. At first, I hardly knew what to propose 

 that you should do with it, because the trees 

 that bound it are so large, that a border under 

 them would be of little use ; till I recollected 

 the pleasure we all enjoyed, two years ago, in 

 building an arbour, and my promise of making 

 you a copy of the drawing my eldest sister 

 made of us whilst at our work, (which I will 

 send in my next letter.) Our arbour is now 

 covered with creepers, the shrubs are grown 

 large, and I have so much pleasure in seeing 



