50 WALL AND WATER GARDENS 



labour allowed is already insufficient that the gar- 

 dener's plea should be allowed. 



Nothing is more frequently to be seen, even in quite 

 good and well-manned gardens, than this tyranny of 

 the turf-edge. The same thing appears in the picture 

 of the bowling-green of a fine old Surrey house ; the 

 straight edge, which is right against the path, cutting 

 much too harshly against the front of the flower 

 border. 



The illustration of another flower border in the 

 same good garden as the one with the Peonies, where 

 all things seem to be so well done that there is little 

 that can be criticised, shows the better way of letting 

 the plants lap over the broad grass verge. Here is a 

 wall about twelve feet high, with a noble flower border 

 at its foot. Already it has an old growth of Ivy, while 

 the young Magnolia towards the front, when it 

 has had a few more years of growth, will repeat the 

 mass of deep green foliage. Then its own great leaves 

 will just suggest that larger scale of permanent foliage 

 that will better suit the height of the wall. Wisely has 

 the border been planted with just the very best things ; 

 with Delphinium and white Lily in generous masses, 

 and bold groups of Flag-leaved Irises and bountiful 

 clumps of Pinks. When the Roses on the wall have 

 come to their strength and the Pillar Roses have 

 covered their poles, this flower border will be a fine 

 example of good hardy gardening. 



