176 ROMAN ARBOUR. [OCT. 



they are now almost the only ornament of the 

 garden: the stocks, mignonette, and some JEno- 

 theras, still exist, but they have nearly lost both 

 smell and colour. Some green-house plants, 

 which I turned out under a wall, are still lin- 

 gering in flower : Calceolaria rugosa; night- 

 scented stocks, and Plumbago capensis, (for- 

 merly considered a hot-house plant,) are among 

 the number. 



You will receive, with this letter, the last 

 basket of plants that I shall send this year ; and 

 with it a drawing of a Roman arbour, which was 

 made from one discovered in the ruins of Pom- 

 peii; and which, in our love for classical 

 ornament, we mean, with the assistance of my 

 brother, to imitate at the end of our garden. 

 I must say, however, the seats which the Ro- 

 mans used for reclining on, do not appear to be 

 either pleasant or convenient. 



