pond. Here is the subject of the picture. The pergola runs parallel 

 with the pond, which, with the house and inclosed garden, are to the 

 spectator's right. To the left, before the vegetable quarters begin, is a 

 capital rock-garden of the best and simplest form — just one long dell, 

 whose sides are set with rocks of the local Bargate stone and large sheets 

 of creeping and rock-loving plants. Taller green growths of shrubby 

 character shut it off from other portions of the grounds. 



The picture speaks for itself. It tells of the right appreciation of the 

 use of the good autumn flowers, in masses large enough to show what 

 the flowers will do for us at their best, but not so large as to become 

 wearisome or monotonous. Roses, Vines and Ivies cover the pergola, 

 making a grateful shade in summer. Each open space to the right gives 

 a picture of water and water-plants with garden ground beyond, and, 

 looking a little forward, the picture is varied by the background of roof- 

 mass with a glimpse of the timbered gables of the old house. 



The new garden is growing mature. The Yews that stand like 

 gate-towers flanking the entrance of the green covered way, have grown 

 to their allotted height, doing their duty also as quiet background to the 

 autumnal flower-masses. In the border to the left are Michaelmas 

 Daisies, French Marigolds, and a lower growth of Stocks ; to the right is 

 a dominating mass of the great white Pyrethrum, grouped with pink 

 Japan Anemone, Veronicas and yellow Snapdragon. Japan Anemones, 

 both pink and white, are things of uncertain growth in many gardens of 

 drier soil, but here, in the rich alluvial loam of a valley level, they 

 attain their fullest growth and beauty. 



