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brick bridge, flanked with somewhat dilapi- 

 dated statuary and vases, spanned this moat, 

 and everywhere the mosses, lichens, and 

 clustering ivy gave an added grace and 

 charm. 



It is long since I saw that old garden : 

 the friends who owned it have passed away : 

 but I have often wondered if subsequent 

 owners have appreciated its dignified early 

 eighteenth century air, or v/hether it has been 

 fatally tidied up and " improved " to suit 

 more modern ideas ! 



In such a garden are studies in plenty : 

 the old-fashioned white cluster rose and 

 " maiden's- blush " climbing over a rustic \ 



arch ; the " herbaceous border " sunning under 

 the warm brick wall, the sturdy buttresses 

 of which are almost hidden with masses of iMj' 



purple and white clematis in luxurious pro- vT ' 



fusion ; the water-lilies with their broad flat 

 leaves in large patches on the surface of 

 the moat, breaking the reflections of blue sk}- and dark trees. 



In a little corner in a garden like this you have a study before }'ou 

 full of joy and delight. 



That tall spike of madonna lilies, standing so freshly white against 

 the deep rich tones of the closely-cropped yew hedge, makes a picture in 

 itself; or that group of hollyhocks, showing out clearly against the sky 

 as we see it from our lowly seat on the grass — what brilliant colouring 

 of reds, yellows, and pinks, and how the large rough leaves throw up 

 this brightness to the best effect I 



Then look at that orange-coloured climbing rose, and how delight- 

 fully its rich foliage and brilliant flowers harmonise with the old grey 

 stone gate-post over which it is growing ! 



Any of these will make a charming sketch in colour, but it must be 

 treated broadly m masses, for it is not possible, in this brilliant shimmer, 

 of outdoor summer-time, to copy accurately each flower and leaf 



Our eyes are attracted by the beauty of the whole, more than by 

 individual blossoms, and it is to represent this general effect that we 

 must direct our best efforts, rather than by painting each spray for itself 

 as we have done in making single studies. 



Perhaps you may think this sounds as if we must undo what we have 

 previously learnt with so much trouble and pains ? Not at all ! These 

 earlier studies have taught us much of form and colour, and this is 

 not only helpful when painting single specimens and sprays, but will 

 have given us a knowledge that will enable us to grasp their special 



A Bunch of the 



Waving Gay 



Coreopsis, 



