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adds to the interest of the rose garden in its 

 " off " season. 



A very charming sort of rose garden may be 

 formed in the wilder parts of the garden as a rose 

 dell. The one at Kew is a good example, happily 

 made on the site of a disused gravel pit. Climbing 

 roses are planted on the brow of the pit, and fall 

 in masses down the sides, while the approach down 

 the old cart track is lined with sweet briars, 

 rugosas, and various species too riotous in growth 

 to be included in the rose garden proper. 



ROCK AND WALL GARDENS 



THE rock garden, being an imitation of nature, has 

 no place near the house. A formal bed, with 

 stones laid on it purely for the comfort of the 

 plants may be set amidst formal surroundings, and 

 indeed as part of a set design the low growing 

 alpines may be worked in without looking incon- 

 gruous. But the rock garden that sets out to be 

 a transcript of nature should be well away from 

 the influence of architecture. A change of levels 

 involving a bank with a general south-western 

 aspect is a suitable situation for a rock garden, 

 but not if the bank supports the terrace round the 

 house. The distant view of a building standing 

 apparently on a pile of undressed stone does justice 

 to neither house nor rockery ; the two are not 

 compatible. 



