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ing. This applies equally to Daffodils, whose place 

 will also be here as well as in other woody spaces. It 

 is of less importance with the wood plants whose 

 flowers are less showy, such as Lily of the Valley and 

 Smilacina y though even with these some consideration 

 of the form of the ground in relation to the shape of 

 their masses will give much better grouping ; the 

 result showing as a piece of skilled work rather than 

 as a bungle. As the ground rises, and, though still in 

 cool woodland, is assured of perfect drainage, these 

 dainty little woodlanders will be happy. Further back 

 there will be Solomon's Seal and here again White 

 Foxglove. Presently there will be the wild Wood 

 Sorrel and the native wood Anemone, and perhaps 

 one of the larger-flowered single kinds of the same. 



As the wood walk approaches the garden there will 

 be the beautiful blue Anemone nemorosa robinsoniana 

 and A. apennina, and near them the best of the three 

 North American Uvularias (U. grandiflora) and the 

 handsome white Dentaria of Alpine woods. Here 

 also will be our own Purple Orchis and the Spanish 

 Squills (Scilla campanulatd) with the white variety 

 of our native Wood Hyacinth or Squill, all closely 

 related. 



But woodland matters, though tempting, are not 

 within the scope of the subject of the present volume, 

 and they must, however regretfully, be let pass with 

 but scant notice. 



The old castle and its moat offer some pleasant 

 places for gardening both in wall and water. In the 



