POSITION 57 



The western wall or fence should be high, from 

 8 to lo feet ; the northern tall and dense, but not 

 necessarily so high as the western ; the eastern such 

 as will keep out cold, cutting winds, but not one 

 ray of- sunshine — say 5 feet. To the south the 

 Rosary may be open ; but even here, so hurtful is 

 a rough wind which occasionally blows from this 

 quarter, that I prefer some slight protective screen, 

 such as a low bank or bed. 



Of what material should we make the higher 

 boundary fences? This is a question of time and 

 of outlay. Walls are built at once, and are soon 

 beautifully covered with climbing Roses, such as 

 Gloire de Dijon and her daughters Madame Berard, 

 Reve d'Or, Reine Marie Henriette, and with William 

 Allen Richardson, UId(^al, Blairii 2, Charles Lawson, 

 Ulrich Brunner, Duke of Edinburgh, Fortune's 

 Yellow, the Banksian (the latter two on a west or 

 south aspect), and the Sempervirens and Ayrshire 

 Rose; but evergreen hedges of Yew, Holly, American 

 Arborvitae, Berberis, Privet, and Hornbeam, are an 

 admirable contrast to the glowing colours of the 

 Rose, and introduce the air, like respirators, subdued 

 and softened, into the Rosarium. But why not 

 hedges of the Rose itself, such as we see in France ? 

 Might we not have hedges of the common Brier, 

 and bud them with our choicest varieties? Might 



