28 



F.UnLIAIt fiATihEN FLOTFERS. 



romniun species, which, as remarked aljuve^ is not pai'tieulaT 

 as to either soil (ir aspect. A simple way tii shelter tender 

 plants ot this elass during frosty weather is to insert a few 

 liciua'hs of everi^reens near them, so as to overhans' them 

 slightly. 



For the tasteful display of a enllectiou of sun-roses 

 and eistuses we need stony banks, balustrades, and other 

 similar situations, where the plants ean spread and trail and 

 form natural festoims and falling masses, so as to approach 

 the wildness of nature, but not to lose the order and neat- 

 ness which belong to art. The trim garden is usually 

 agreeable, and the trimness sets off the beauties of many 

 plants, but the "negligence of nature" has also its charms. 

 It is the triumph of art to conceal art, and in the garden 

 it is pleasant sometimes to have visible reminders of the 

 freedom that prevails in the world where " the crooked 

 scythe and spade" ha\e not touched a clod, nor damaged a 

 leaf, nor put anything in (jrder In gratify human notions. 



