Co/our Harmony 



much as I have already explained in Chapter VII., not 

 by building up a huge bank for the purpose of placing 

 the stone, but by sinking the path and making it appear 

 that it dips through natural rock. The Weeping Ash, 

 that was originally planted as a shade tree as an adjunct 

 to the tennis-court, makes an admirable background, 

 and the earth removed from the path was thrown up 

 into a mound, which, now it is planted, appears to be 

 a perfectly natural condition of things, and is in no 

 sense obtrusive. 



The herbaceous border which is also illustrated 

 is an excellent example of what can be done when 

 thought and care are given to the arrangement. It 

 will at once be appreciated that in this border there is 

 ample colour for any one period with the Irises, Del- 

 phiniums, Canterbury Bells, Madonna Lilies, Stachys 

 lanata, Anchusas, Verbascums, Galega Hartlandi, 

 Campanulas of all sorts, Gypsophila, and others ; but it 

 will also be seen that there are numerous other plants 

 that will flower when those now in bloom are over, and 

 many that have already given of their best, and are now 

 resting for a season, amongst those yet to come to 

 fuller perfection being the Pillar Roses at the back of 

 the border. These climbing Roses are lavishly used 

 in this garden, being arches across to separate the 

 Rose garden from the tennis-court, and also mingled 

 with the flowering shrubs surrounding the lawn. 



I have said that in this garden due care has been 

 taken that the various colours of the flowers and shrubs 

 used should ever be in fine harmony. This is, indeed, 

 stating the case too mildly, for no painter or sculptor 

 ever had a finer reverence for form and colour than has 



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