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borders give a sense of enclosure and sanctity 

 to the whole arrangement, which may be 

 enhanced by planting their outer lines with 

 standards or pillars. 



The introduction of arches at suitable points 

 is an excellent device for obtaining height. 



The necessary shelter in exposed situations 

 may be contrived by the use of rose or sweet- 

 brier hedges, or of roses trained upon a skele- 

 ton fence. 



It is not unusual to carry a path through 

 the rose garden, or to set it where two paths 

 intersect at right angles. The point of inter- 

 section is sometimes marked by a sundial or 

 vase. When a path or paths lead into the rose 

 garden, the beds may be separated by gravel, 

 thereby excluding grass altogether. 



Such gardens are shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration (Fig. 47). I have no quarrel 

 with that arrangement, and it may be made 

 dainty and trim by the use of neatly clipped 

 box edgings. One loses, however, the delight- 

 ful background an emerald turf supplies. 



There is no reason why the rose garden should 

 take a shape having equal dimensions both 

 ways. It may be long and narrow, and I am not 



