PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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VIEW NEAR BONCHURCH, ISLE OF WIGHT, ENGLAND 
or a more beautiful scene would be hard to imagine. 
The illustration which is herewith presented of it 
gives an idea of its beauty, but it must be seen as 
I saw it on a warm summer’s day two years ago, to 
fully appreciate it. 
And when I say that this lovely sheet of water 
was a reclaimed swamp, made what it is by the land- 
scape gardener’s art, is it not an instructive picture 
to look on? It shows what a very little work will 
sometimes do, for, evidently, there was not great 
expense in the making of this pond. It is said that 
‘‘chills and fever” was rife here before the change 
was made, while now invalids flock to the place to 
regain their lost health. At the time of my visit it 
was the close of June, and the verdure of the trees 
was enchanting. The large elm which overhangs 
the roads was at its best, as were the oaks and wil- 
lows seen on the opposite side of the water. There 
had been a few flowering shrubs planted along its 
border, but not many. There it was that I saw for 
the first time in England the now common Japanese 
shrub here, Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, and 
in an enlosure a little further away was the Choisia 
ternato, a shrub with lovely white flowers, which 
unfortunately, is not hardy north of Washington. 
I passed this pond about noon and, as many others 
were doing, I lingered long gazing at its beauties. 
It was near evening when I saw it again, and 
many couples were wending their way towards it, 
and many more were there, sitting on the stone 
wall. It had been a warm day but the sun was then 
hidden by the large trees in the background, and 
the hour and the place were both enticing. As the 
poet Moore says in “The Vale of Cashmere:” 
‘ ’Twas when the hour of evening came 
Upon the lake, serene and cool, 
When Day had hid his sultry flame 
Behind the palms of Baramoule.” 
The view across the street from 
the pond shows a line ofcottages 
typical of many others in the pro- 
gressive towns of the Island. The 
low stone wall, surmounted often 
with a low iron fence, is some- 
times seen, but often only the wall 
itself. Sweet bays, Portugal and 
common laurels, laurestinas, 
Euonymus Japonica’s and Auculas 
are much used. Fuchsias in the 
shape of large shrubs are often seen, 
and in its season, from June till 
November, the lovely climbing 
rose, Gloire de Dijon can be seen, 
often mingling with the Clematis 
Montana from almost every house. 
Then here and there an ivy cov- 
ered wall is seen. The pond and 
its background of verdure, the pretty cottages en- 
sconced in shrubs, vines and flowers, the smooth 
macadamized road and the tree clad hills in the dis- 
tance, together made such a romantic picture, that 
it gave me uncommon pleasure to obtain a photo- 
graph of it for Park and Cemetery. 
Joseph Meehan. 
A correspondent from Henderson, N. C., says in 
American Gardening: I want a pure white rose, a pro- 
fuse and constant bloomer, to plant on a grave. I pur- 
pose pegging it down, to make a bed of roses. The 
monthly roses are hardy here, blooming usually from 
spring until Christmas. What variety do you think 
likely to afford the greatest satisfaction? 
Our contemporary replies: The Bride, the finest 
white Tea in cultivation, is a good bedder in your lo- 
cality, and would, we think, afford satisfaction. We have 
had no experience in pegging it down, but see no reason 
why it should not do well, if the leading bud be pinched 
out to induce side breaks. The Niphetos, a very beau- 
tiful white Tea, though more delicate in growth than 
the Bride, is a good bedder, and, in greenhouse culture, 
is often bent over to take advantage of the limited space 
on a side bench. It does very well under such circumstan- 
ces; it increases very much in vigor whenleft undisturbed 
for years in the same place. Some of the Polyantha 
roses, such as Aimee Vibert, which produces a profusion 
of small, double, white flowers in white shading to pink 
in the center, make extremely satisfactory bedders. The 
little trailing Japanese Wichuraiana rose should do well 
for your use; its season of bloom, how e ver, is not very 
long. Before planting any rose in the cemetery care 
should be taken that the soil is properly prepared, or 
success cannot be expected. If the soil is very poor and 
dry, as is usually the case, dig a hole in the place where 
the roses are to be planted, replacing the earth removed, 
with a good compost of sod and well-rotted manure. 
