1853 . 
THE CULTIVATOR, 
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Fig. 2— Dropmore Garden. 
in the London Gardener’s Journal , and is copied 
in the annexed figure. It is in the form of a circle, 
and may occupy a central or secluded portion 
of the ornamental grounds. If the walks between 
the beds are three feet wide, the circle will be 
about seventy-five feet in diameter. If this is too 
large, the exterior portions may be omitted. 
One of the best plans for a flower garden, the 
beds of which are cut in turf, is the garden at 
Dropmore, as given by Loudon, and represented 
in the above, figure 2. A similar combination of 
colors may be effected as in the preceding one. 
The above, it will be seen, is in a regular or 
geometric form, a mode of laying out only adap¬ 
ted to small gardens. Where there is a greater 
extent, the irregular plan exhibited in fig. 3, given 
above, creates a far more pleasing, effect. The 
ground chosen should be an open space, flanked by 
Fig. 3 —Irregular Flower Garden. 
trees and tall shrubs, and in the instance here rep¬ 
resented, it lies back from the dwelling, a. This 
space is surrounded by the gravel-walk, which is 
lined with beds cut in the smooth turf, most of 
them being circular, on account of the ease with 
which such beds are laid out, and their forms pre¬ 
served. A few arabesque beds are introduced for 
variety. The summer house, b, is placed oppo¬ 
site the dwelling, and commands a view of the 
whole garden—a point where the visitor would 
naturally wish to rest a moment during his walk. 
One great advantage of this irregular plan, as 
every landscape gardener well knows, is the con¬ 
stant change in the view at every successive step 
in passing along the walk ; while in the geometric 
mode of laying out, all is seen at once, from what¬ 
ever point the spectator views the grounds. The 
superior cheapness of this plan, will also com¬ 
mend it to most Americans, where extravagance 
in expedniture is a point to be avoided. 
Rose-Devouring Insect. 
The roses have suffered greatly here for two or 
three years past, by an insect that deposits its egg 
on the under part of the leaves about the 10th of 
June, when the fruit trees are in full bloom. 
These eggs hatch toward the end of the month, 
presenting a small worm resembling a caterpillar, 
spreading themselves in every direction on the 
under part of the leaves, and when the time for 
blooming arrives, the roses have the appearance 
of being scorched by fire. Last year, there was 
hardly a rose escaped them. I was told a few days 
ago, that the same destruction has occurred in 
Newfoundland. I have not discovered yet wheth¬ 
er the eggs are laid by a bug or fly. F. McKay. 
Halifax, N. S., Dec. 1852. 
This is probably one of a very numerous family 
of leaf-devouring insects, known by the general 
name of Saw-fly, belonging to the order Hy- 
menoptera. The larvae of many species have 
