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cold winds besides possessing a very pleasant 

 aromatic scent. 



Hedges, both for use and for decorative purposes, 

 are introduced all through this Garden. The value 

 of walls is also clearly shown ; wonderful climbers 

 wreathe the gateways, and creepers find a home in 

 the loose stones of the walls, growing with fasci- 

 nating freedom. Along one side of the house runs 

 a splendid bank of Scotch Briars, about twenty-five 

 yards long and six feet wide. To use the artist's 

 words about them, " Scotch Briars have the great 

 merit as Garden plants a merit that scarcely any 

 other family of Roses can claim of being in some 

 kind of beauty throughout the year." 



The Rock Gardens are to be found by crossing 

 the Lawn from here and going towards the wood. 

 The upper one is made of ridges of stone, planted 

 with small shrubs, such as Gaultheria and Alpine 

 Rhododendrons, some Ferns, and " various good 

 foliage plants like Saxifraga peltata, and Rodgersia 

 podophylla" 



The other Rock Garden lies at the lower end of 

 the Lawn, and to quote again, "is absolutely 

 artificial, and only pretends to be a suitable home 

 for certain small plants that I love." Made with 

 shallow steps leading from the path, the joints in 

 the "dry walling" are filled with Stonecrops and 

 small Ferns. In cooler places Ramondin, and in 

 vacant spots " Mossy Saxifrage, coolest and freshest 



