This will depend chiefly on the rarity and value of the shrubs and plants chosen, which may vary from an average of 1s. to 3s. each. Taking them at the first sum, and estimating the total number at about 506, the amount will be 25l. 6s.; but the same number of plants might be chosen from the nurserymen's priced lists, of such prices as would bring the amount above 100l., or under 10l. In the latter case, however, there would only be the more common kinds; and both the roses and the herbaceous plants would be purchased at so much per score, or per hundred. On the whole, the expense of laying out and stocking a garden of this sort would be much the same as if it had been planted with fruit-trees; but it has a great advantage over a fruit-garden, in admitting of being kept both with less labour and less skill. Supposing a commercial gardener employed to look after it, he might be required for two hours a day during June, July, and August; two hours, for three days in the week, during May and September; and two hours per week during the remainder of the year.

147. The produce would consist entirely of flowers, and the enjoyment in looking after them. The roses would demand a lady's attention during the whole summer. Every day some roses will have faded, and will require to be cut off; and every evening, except when it rains, the syringe, or the barrow-engine, should be brought into use. To keep down the insects will also require constant vigilance.