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ALCOVE-AVIARIES AND BOWERS. 
potted late in the autumn, or early in the spring, makes a showy conservatory ornament, to he returned 
to the border after flowering. R. Dalhousice, as a parent, appears to promise flowers of extraordinary 
magnitude, and, what is better, sweet-scented ; and R. ciliatum will probably be the parent of a new 
race, admirably adapted for pot culture, being of a dwarf habit with the foliage of a lively green. In 
fact, there are now sufficient materials for producing almost any given form or colour, and to render 
this charming family suitable for any required purpose.—W. Buckley, Tooting. 
ALCOVE-AVIAKIES AVD BOWEKS. 
17TIHE grand general principle of propriety in garden decorations is, that they should never be object- 
A less ; and this, with the selection of sites, which should be so felicitously chosen as to give to each 
structure the appearance of being in a position, as it were, predestined for it, forms the fundamental 
law of the code of landscape gardening. 
The accompanying design for an alcove-aviary is intended to occupy a position not distant from the 
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AN AI.COYE-AVIARY. 
residence, and yet concealed from it. It should form a point of attraction capable of inducing frequent 
visits, by its convenient proximity, and yet convey to the spectator an impression of agreeable surprise 
every time it is approached. These conditions are not difficult of fulfilment. The readiest mode 
