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Tfye “ Hoxtoi?” Summerhouse. 
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By the time that May is out the owners 
' of gardens will be beginning to think 
! about summerhouses where they may 
1 escape the heat of summer. Some there 
I are, of course, who utilise them to get 
shelter from the cold winds during March, 
April, and May. In any case, there is 
no more pleasurable adjunct to a garden 
j than a summerhouse placed in such a 
' position that it will be sheltered from the 
north and east and look out over the 
flower garden, or else some quiet retreat 
in the pleasure ground. For these rea¬ 
sons the summerhouse should not be 
placed in a position where it will be over¬ 
looked by neighbouring houses or the 
public generally. The idea is to secure 
quietness, comfort, and seclusion. 
The accompanying illustration, which 
has been lent us bv Mr. John P. White, 
The Pyghtle Works, Bedford, shows what 
we mean by having a leafy background, a 
secluded situation, and a beautiful out¬ 
look over the summer garden. It is one 
of numerous very fine illustrations of his 
designs used in illustrating, what we 
! should term, a rather sumptuous catalogue 
of garden seats, summerhouses, and other 
adornments of the private demesne. 
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Summerhouses may be made in an end-- ■ 
less variety of ways, but the one here 
shown was erected by the firm at Easton 
Lodge, near Dunmow, for the Countess 
of Warwick. The roof is thatched with 
Heather, and no more durable kind of 
thatch could be employed. It also serves 
to keep the house warm in winter and 
cool in summer by preventing the- heat of 
the sun from readily penetrating to the 
interior. The sides may be more or less 
open or completely closed in and partly 
glazed, as in this instance. 
A summerhouse also affords the oppor¬ 
tunity of using a great variety of climbing 
plants to advantage, and if the sides are 
more or less open the users of such a 
house could enjoy the flowers while inside, 
as well as their beautiful appearance from 
the outside. Roses, Honeysuckles, and 
other subjects of that kind are well 
adapted as a covering, unless, indeed, the 
walls are constructed for ornament and 
mav not be hidden from view. The 
particular kind of garden in front of it 
should depend entirely upon the nature 
of the situation, and it simply wants the 
eye of a skilled observer, or landscape gar¬ 
dener to make the surroundings conform¬ 
able to the situation. 
Own Root 
Roses. 
A Letter 
to the 
-Editor.— 
The query put by Baynton-Taylor, 
Somerset, is interesting. Own root Roses 
generally do well, or at least many varie¬ 
ties will. While the majority of growers 
in this country swear by budded stocks, 
the Americans rely almost entirely upon 
own rooters. Grafted stocks are used a 
great deal under glass, but not to any¬ 
thing like the extent that are own rooters. 
The majority of Rose growers there con¬ 
demn budded stocks because of the suckers 
that are sent up from the stock. Out 
there they strike the cuttings in heat, 
using quite small wood, and the young 
plants are sold at a very low rate. It is 
always recommended, however, that no 
flowers be allowed to form during the 
first season, and I might add that the 
young trees are usually very precocious. 
I have had tiny plants of American 
raised varieties which, despite the long 
journey, have attempted many times to 
make flowers. In my garden I have a 
very large semi-climber now six years 
old: It has ha'd four compulsory shifts 
since it came to me, a tiny wisp no thicker 
than a knitting needle. It still grows 
and flowers most vigorously. 
Horti. 
