GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN. 



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ERIANTHUS RAVENN/E. 



place are planted continuous borders of mixed trees and 



shrubs intended to secure a sense of seclusion, while in 

 front are left two openings to give 

 a view of passers-by and a glimpse 

 of outside life and companionship. 



On the left of the house a walk 

 winds from the front door to a fine 

 old shade tree with a seat around 

 it, and so along the outside border 

 of shrubbery to a summer-house 

 in the rear. At the back of the 

 house the ground originally sloped 



up rapidly so that it became necessary to form a terrace in 



order to manage the drainage successfully. 



Between this terrace and the house, shut in by shrub- 

 bery on both sides, was arranged a mat of carpet bedding 



carefully designed with Alternantheras, Echeverias, Pyreih- 



rumSy and Gnaphaliums, so as to 



secure an artistic arrangement of 



vivid green, yellow, red, and white. 



The spot is isolated, and part, as it 



were, of the architecture of the 



house. In such places only, on 



country places, do we consider 



planting of this kind admissible. 



In any other spot, away from the 



house, such designs are artificial 



and out of key. 



Passing up two flights of stone steps that ascend to the 



terrace with their intervening terrace walk, we come to the 



FESTUCA GLAUCA. 



