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PARKS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS. 



uninviting aspect which it would otherwise present at 

 certain seasons. 



The Rosary is one of the departments of the 

 flower-garden, deriving its name from the beautiful 

 flower to whose culture it is specially devoted, and, as 

 such, possessing much interest and beauty. Of late 

 years, it has deservedly received increased attention 

 and favor. We would not, indeed, banish the rose- 

 border, the tree or pillar roses, and the rose treiliage, 

 from the terrace or flower-garden ; but we cannot help 

 viewing a distinct and elegant "garden of roses" as 

 not the least interesting addition that can be made to 

 pleasure-grounds. The number and variety of fine 

 roses now in cultivation seem to demand a separate 

 locality, and as there are many autumnal flowering 

 kinds, the season of bloom may be prolonged from 

 the middle of June to the early frosts of winter. The 

 rosary requires a good, strong, loamy or clayey soil, 

 over a dry subsoil, and a sunny and sheltered site. It 

 may either occupy a section of the flower-garden, 

 properly so called, or may find a place on some warm 

 lawn in the dressed grounds. In both cases, it must 

 have an inclosure sufficient to exclude rabbits and 

 hares; but the external treiliage- work used for that 

 purpose may be made to conduce to the decoration of 

 a lawn. Internally, it is generally laid out somewhat 

 in the geometrical parterre style, but there is no abso- 

 lute necessity for these forms. It may also be com- 

 posed of beds in grass, with suitable gravel walks, or 

 of borders and walks without grass, as may be best 

 adapted to the site, or most agreeable to the taste of 

 the proprietor. 



JVbte.-r- Amid all the flowers which beautify and 



