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perx'ivuni, Sileiie, Valeriana, Veronica, 
Viola, etc., etc. 
From the perennials not of the Al- 
pine species were selected: Aster, 
Galatella, Gillenia, Iris, Lysimachia, 
Pentstemon. Spiraea, etc. 
In order to frame these small 
plants shrubs were added of pictur- 
esque forms with borders of native 
trees, as : Amelanchier, Berberis, Be- 
tula nana, Cotoneaster, Cytisus alpi- 
nus and triflorus. Daphne, Genista, 
Pinus Cembro, P. montana, P. pu- 
mila, Pyrus arbutifolia, Salix helveti- 
ca, S. reticulata, S. retusa, Sorbus 
Chamremespilus, etc. 
The bright colors of these combined 
with the surrounding white fences 
presented a smiling picture contrast- 
ing with the dark masses of the 
mountain de Reims. 
In the other part, where there 
were quarrie's of rocky stones, a long 
narrow pass was built, in which runs 
the alley of the great belt and which 
is crowned with black Austrian Pines, 
thus still more accenting .the pictur- 
esque effects. Above hangs a pecu- 
liar Indian bridge, the daring forms 
of which were noted by my father 
while on the Rio Paila, during his 
trip to the Andes. 
tlie most characteristic of them. 
At Rozais my father put together 
the same botanic specimens from 
which the horticultural varieties orig- 
inate. On the embankments of the 
Rozais are: Rosa laevigata, nitida, 
rugosa, blanda, pomifera, Watsoni- 
ana, serices, moschata, arvensis, brac- 
teata, palustris, Beggeriana, lutea, 
Regeliana, villosa, ferruginea, etc., 
etc. 
In the middle of this mass of floral 
beauty an elegant pavilion rises 
above a mass of white rocks. 
At the foot of the palace a spring 
arises from a hillock sustained by 
THE PARK DES ROZAIS, FAMOUS FRENCH ESTATE, 
There were planted 1,437 plants 
representing over two hundred spe- 
cies, in this alpine garden where the 
borders, the variations of the ground, 
the color of waters, the manner of 
planting, all added to the illusion of 
a natural scene. By planting “colo- 
nies” of ten to twenty plants of the 
same kind most of the groups were 
formed. It is the system established 
by our friend Mr. Robinson which is 
being applied very successfully in 
making Apline scenic effects. 
On the upland where meadows 
could be established on the clayish, 
well drained soils, there was built a 
Norman cattle-house and a sheep-pen. 
The estate owes its name des Ro- 
zais to the predilection which the 
rose has always shown for its soil. 
The extreme variations of the soil 
formations compelled giving to the 
Rosery the irregular picturesque plan. 
On a sharp declivity is the Rose 
Garden with its labyrinth of capri- 
cious footpaths and terraces. The 
rocks, holding the sloping ground, 
support the cascades of climbing va- 
rieties, among which the splendid 
capucines, rose and yellow, throw 
their beautiful colors above a bed of 
mongrel specimens of the R. Wichu- 
raiana. Nearly the whole list of climb- 
ing hybrids are represented, at least 
rocks, on which there is a glass pa- 
vilion. 
The small part of the park was built 
at first on very uneven ground. The 
palace adjoining the park dominates a 
valley of vineyards extending to the for- 
est near Ardennes. The original plan 
has been changed by the adding of big 
plantations of Coniferae and Caduceae 
mingled. 
Space is lacking to describe many of 
the individual beauties of the park. The 
thorough co-operation of the proprietor, 
a man of high artistic taste, with the 
landscape architect, has resulted in one 
of the most interesting examples of 
landscape work in Frarcc. 
