PART III. ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



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flat surface oflawn, at one side of which is a terrace walk(a) in front of a wall 

 for climbing roses (b), from which there is a descent by steps (c c c). The beds 

 are of various forms, but the spaces between them and the walks, and also 

 between one and another, are never narrower than 6 ft. ; in consequence of 

 which the spectator may walk round the w r hole, either on grass or on gravel, 

 according to his taste. The terrace walk (a) and the side walks (ddd) are 

 12 ft. wide. The rose wall is supposed to be 10 ft. high, fronting the south- 

 east, and the roses are planted behind it ; in part brought over the wall 

 and trained downwards, the other side being also covered, and in pari 

 brought through boles in the wall near the bottom, and trained upwards. 

 The wall is ornamented with piers surmounted by vases. Among the beds on 



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