GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



gantly the highest English fashions in horticulture. 

 The fertility of their soil, and their many slaves, fore- 

 stalled in a measure their eminent success. 



War and changed conditions have left a sad imprint 

 on many of these gardens; but the naturalness of their 

 beauty, the great luxuriance of their bloom, have not 

 been wiped away. Rose gardens suffocated in roses, 

 roses on walls, pillars, arches, and banks, — roses by 

 the thousands still form the wonder of many of the 

 southern gardens near the sea. 



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