distance, rising to a height of a hundred feet, is the grand old Norman 

 keep ; the rare Deptford Pink {Dianthus Armerid) grows in its masonry 

 The ancient city wall is one of the garden's boundaries. Another old 

 wall, that is within the garden, has been made the home of many a good 

 rock-plant. On the left, in the picture, are masses of Poppies, Roses 

 and White Lihes, with Alstromeria, Love-in-a-Mist, and Larkspurs 

 both annual and perennial ; the background is of the soft, feathery 

 foliage of Asparagus. The Roses are of all shapes ; single and double • 

 show Roses and garden Roses; standards, bushes and free-growing 

 ramblers. On the right are more Larkspurs, Irises in seed-pod. Lavender, 

 and some splendidly-grown Lilium szovitsianum, one of the grandest of 

 Lilies, and, where it can be grown like this, one of the finest things that 

 can be seen in a garden. Its tender lemon colouring has suffered in the 

 reproduction, which makes it somewhat too heavy. 



The upper part of a greenhouse shows in the picture. It is some- 

 times impossible to keep such a structure out of sight, but one like 

 this, of the plainest possible kind, is the least unsightly of its class. It is 

 just an honest thing, for the needs of the garden and for a part of its 

 owner's pleasure. The fatal thing is when an attempt is made to render 

 greenhouses ornamental, by the addition of fretted cast-iron ridges and 

 fidgety finials. These ill-placed futilities only serve to draw attention to 

 something which, by its nature, cannot possibly be made an ornament in 

 a garden, while it is comparatively harmless if let alone, and especially if 

 the wood-work is not painted white but a neutral grey. In all these 

 matters of garden structures; seats, arbours and so forth, it is much best 

 in a simple garden to keep to what is of modest and quiet utility. In 

 the case of a large place, which presents distinct architectural features, it 

 is another matter ; for there such details as these come within the 

 province of the architect. 



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