KNOLE 277 



Fig leaves with the sweet-smelling, misty mauve 

 Lavender is a very delightful one. 



The water-colour drawing shows this charming 

 little Garden. 



Beyond the Lavender bushes is shown a fasci- 

 nating view of the great house, with its dormer 

 windows and red gable roofs, rising one behind the 

 other like a little mediaeval town. 



The idea in old days of reserving one Garden 

 for one flower cannot be too much admired : it 

 gives a delicacy of effect and also the charm of 

 individuality. The modern fashion of long borders 

 stretching away into the distance, and filled with 

 flowers regardless of colour or species simply 

 creating a gorgeous display is very wearisome, 

 smaller Gardens, on a different plan, being turned 

 to with relief. 



On leaving the Lavender Garden and walking 

 down a long grass path, the Sunk Garden is 

 reached. It is enclosed by a wide verge of grass, 

 with a huge bank of Rhododendrons between it 

 and the high wall which separates the Garden 

 from the Park. 



Again, these Sunk Gardens are seldom made 

 now, when panoramic effects are desired, and the 

 fascination of mystery in a Garden is forgotten. To 

 come across a little Sunk Garden, filled with its own 

 special flowers, in the centre of which lies a pool of 

 water, as at Knole, is like turning over a page in a 



