A Water Garden 



The little scene touches and captivates, 

 while gratifying all the senses with sound 

 and sight and color, and soft touch of 

 ocean breezes and of waving leaves. 



Another feature of the picture is a 

 second semicircular terrace below, with 

 Clematis-clad wall, to which one clambers 

 by another flight of steps hewn in the 

 rock to find more flowers, and more lovely 

 weeds and grasses, and a second space of 

 well mown turf, with a fine outlook on the 

 tossing sea. From this a rugged path 

 leads by devious ways to the beach below, 

 where are boats and a yacht riding at an- 

 chor, and the wide stretch of the great 

 deep, with white sails upon the surface 

 and whiter clouds overhead. These ter- 

 races form a bit of artistic naturalness 

 that would enchant even a critic from the 

 Flowery Kingdom, and they were the re- R ts *it <>/< 

 suit of a charming woman's skillful plan- 

 ning, and fine sense of the picturesque. 



But, returning to our own water garden, 

 we find higher up the bank the Hawk- 

 weed showing its yellow stars waving on 

 slender stems, and the Prunella displaying 

 its stiff blue clusters, while more Asters 

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