OCTOBER 171 



made. It is hard to sentence the cherry 

 tree ! In spring it is so like a great 

 round nosegay of loveliest blossom, and 

 when the cherries begin to redden a 

 thrush so loves to build its nest in it, 

 and at evening to perch on the top and 

 sing the lingering day away. Yet the 

 cherry tree must go. These kind of 

 changes which at intervals have to be 

 made throughout the garden cause us 

 a thousand regrets. When the young 

 trees and shrubs thrive and grow all 

 round as Nature intended, the very suc- 

 cess and growth of them overturns all 

 our plans, and changes are inevitable. 

 ' The Fantaisie ' has changed its character 

 and is not the same in any way as it was 

 when first laid out. Then, flowers and 

 evergreen shrubs grew together on either 

 side the turf walk, and each enhanced 

 the other's charm. Twelve or thirteen 

 years later the cryptomerias and aucubas 

 and berberis have grown so large, that 

 nearly all the flowers are crowded out, 

 and a new aspect takes ipossession of the 

 whole. The law of change which thus 



