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spective of colour grouping, which, however, need 

 never be unpleasing if a little care is exercised in the 

 arrangement. 



Where the area is large enough it is advisable 

 to introduce attractions and interests that a garden 

 devoted exclusively to Roses does not provide. Some- 

 thing analogous to that beautiful conception of Tenny- 

 son's — 



"a garden of Roses 



And lilies fair on a lawn." 



In the design here presented (by Messrs. R. W. Wal- 

 lace & Co., Ltd., landscape and garden archi- 

 tects), the Rose garden is never without its in- 

 terests. The Roses have the central lawns to them- 

 selves. They are surrounded with broad borders for 

 Lilies, Iris, Paeonies, Delphiniums, and all sorts of 

 herbaceous plants and annuals; also Tulips, Daffodils, 

 and, indeed, all the spring flowering bulbs. The cen- 

 tral Water Garden provides a varied note, and the 

 conception of this combination of massed colour, an 

 amplitude of restful green grass, the minimum of dry 

 walks, the splash of falling water, and the exquisite 

 reflections of reeds, rushes, and gently swaying water 

 lilies, achieve all that the most ardent garden lover 

 can desire. Each day brings its new interest, and 

 each hour of the day its new delight. In the still 

 morning light, colour. In the noonday heat, the cool- 

 ing splash of the fountains. In the evening shadows, 

 an air laden with fragrance. 



That is the perfect garden in which every attribute 

 combines to please, and lull the senses to that repose 

 that only the good garden can provide. 



