338 THE SHAKESPEARE GARDEN 



SHAKESPEARE'S GARDEN RESTORED 



Mr. Law's report, which is dated "Shakespeare's 

 Birthday, A. D. 1920," says: 



"The project of laying out the ground attached to 

 Shakespeare's home in his later years as an Eliza- 

 bethan garden, to be stocked with all the old- 

 fashioned flowers mentioned by him in his plays or 

 well known in his time, first took practical shape 

 last winter. 



THE LONG BORDERS 



"The first step was to lay out the long, narrow 

 strip of ground by the side of the wall parallel with 

 Chapel Lane as a border for summer and autumn 

 flowers hollyhocks, canterbury-bells, lupins, lark- 

 spurs, crown imperials, lilies, and so on. As a back- 

 ground for these and also to hide the ugly, cast- 

 iron railings that disfigure the top of the wall there 

 was planted a row of yew trees. This border of some 

 300 feet long has been treated in the formal fashion 

 of the olden time . . . being divided into com- 

 partments, separated by 'buttresses' supporting 'pil- 

 lars' or 'columns' surmounted by 'balls.' 



"On the path side the beds are edged with box 



