Historic Gardens of Virginia 



severalty looking as if it might be a Titan among ever- 

 greens." 



To the right of the entrance gate is a broad walk one hundred 

 feet in length (leading to the greenhouse), flanked on each side 

 by lines of suffruticosa box, beyond which extend on each side 

 formal flower-beds edged with dwarf-box. Here are some of the 

 original roses brought by Anne Carter from Shirley in 1820: the 

 Noisettes, Champney's Blush Cluster, Seven Sisters, La Tourtrelle 

 and the ever-blooming Pink Daily. To the left extends a small 

 maze of box, with beds of lilies of the valley and hardy begonia, 

 at the foot of tall magnolia trees. The inner circle of the maze 

 contains, carefully cherished, LaReine, Dr. Marx, Baron Provost, 

 Rivers', George IV, White Rose of Provence, and other old- 

 fashioned remontant roses, planted by Mrs. W. C. Wickham when 

 she came as a bride in 1848. 



To the left of the entrance gate a gravel walk extends, three 

 hundred and forty feet in length, the first one hundred feet being 

 flanked with formal rose-beds edged with dwarf-box. Beyond this 

 is a series of rustic arches covered by climbing roses. 



At intervals, and on both sides of the box avenue, other broad 

 walks extend through the garden, some at right angles and some 

 parallel. Along some of these, rows of raspberries, gooseberries 

 and currants extend. Others are bordered by peonies, phlox, and 

 iris, while scattered here and there are tall crepe myrtles, caly- 

 canthus, and pyrus-japonica shrubs. 



On the two terraces or falls (as they are preferably called), 

 at the lower end of the garden, box-trees, still higher, cast their cool 

 shadows on the thirty-foot stretch of grass and fragrant shrubbery. 

 These are closed in by fences covered with climbing roses, yellow 

 jasmine and honeysuckle, at the bottom of which nestle long 

 stretches of iris, syringas, jonquils and periwinkle. 



Turning to the left, at the end of the rose-covered arches, a 

 broad grass walk marks the southern limit of the flower garden, 



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