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Harlequins, one of the designs most frequently 

 used by lead sculptors. 



To return to the stone terrace of the house. In 

 front of it lies Lord de Grey's new French Garden 

 all in keeping with its Statues and little Box-edged 

 borders, that were designed and actually planned 

 out by him with tape and pins on the ground. 

 This little French Garden is enclosed by an iron 

 railing ; on the right of it lies the sweet-smelling 

 Rosery, in the grass of which the same hand planted 

 Tree Peonies, now seventy years old and considered 

 to be some of the finest specimens in England. In 

 no place could these pink Peonies have been 

 planted with better result than in this grass, their 

 colour being invaluable, and when out of flower 

 they cause no disfigurement, as happens in a border 

 with other mixed flowers. There is always a 

 difficulty in deciding the arrangement of plants 

 which at certain times of the year are of no value 

 in the colour scheme, and this knowledge can be 

 gained by studying the arrangement followed in 

 large Gardens, for as a rule such important details 

 are carried out to perfection. The Wistaria, 

 trained on a wall near, also does well, as the 

 soil is light and warm and the situation sunny. 

 These two plants, the pink Peonies and the pale 

 mauve Wistaria, both growing so luxuriantly, are 

 another French note, as few Gardens across the 

 water are without these favourites. 



