with large heads of buds blooming eight to nine months in the Roses and 

 year. Creepers 



All the Teas, Climbers and many species of Rose 

 flourish here in a wonderful way, retaining all their grace, since 

 very little pruning is given. Some of the best forms of Ayrshire 

 Roses may be seen smothering a Yew hedge with blossom, whilst 

 Teas clothe the long bare stems of the Cordylines. The 

 Noisette Papillon looks particularly well for this purpose, 

 throwing its pink flowers against the dark, Dracaena-like 

 tufts of the Cordylines, and in September Sofrano looks equally 

 well with its bunches of loose white flowers and many buds 

 and glossy leaves. Honeysuckles, Vines, Ampelopsis, and 

 many other creepers are all used to cover the bare trunks of 

 the trees. In warm positions some of the Mesembryanthemums 

 flourish admirably. The purple Solanum crispum, and the 

 white Solanum jasminoides, yield a profusion of flowering 

 sprays, and the graceful New Zealand Muehlenbeckia complexa 

 sends up its fern-like foliage to a great height. Carpentaria 

 californica^ with Cistus-like white flowers the bright, cherry- 

 red Salvia Grahami the red Abutilon i)exillarium with a petti- 

 coat of yellow and pretty dark green foliage Abelias, and many 

 flowering shrubs, deck the walls or grow as standard bushes. 

 Two special treasures flourish together on a tool shed, Sollya 

 heterophylla, from Australia, with tiny blue bells of a lovely 

 tone, and Convolvulus cneorum, with white flowers and leaves 

 like silvery satin. 



An old rickety wall has been turned into a wall garden 

 and is charmingly planted with Androsaces, Erinus alpinus^ 

 Sedums, Houseleeks, and other similar plants and dwarf shrubs. 



A delightful feature of the whole garden is the carpeting 



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