42 VARIETY IN THE LITTLfe GARDEN 



pink, and white." With the Yuccas there are used the Madonna 

 lily, Lilium longijiorum, Achillea Pearl, and the hardy Gypso- 

 phila. For pink here Miss Jekyll has Godetia Double Rose, pink 

 hollyhock, and a double soapwort of pale pink. The description 

 of this planting in Colour in the Flower Garden, with its accom- 

 panying plan, is one of the most valuable things ever given us 

 by this writer. 



So much for the informal use of this fine garden-subject. But 

 where, I ask, has better formal use been made of the yucca than 

 in the noble English garden of Sedgwick — a garden of which 

 the picture, now standing before me, gives an almost ecstatic 

 delight? For there is in the beautiful composition of this 

 picture every quality that a fine garden should possess. Here 

 is the highest garden-beauty from the straight lines of walk and 

 clipped yew which so enhance the curving grace of tree and 

 flower; from the deep shade of tree-masses to the brilliant light 

 on the yucca and on the column with the urn rising from a 

 cloud of flowers; from the easy pavement, looking as though 

 worn by the stepping of centuries, to the delicate spires of the 

 Campanula on the left, growing as naturally as though self-sown. 

 There is the suggestion of Italy in this English garden; the trees 

 might be live oaks; the long alley of yew recalls the one of 

 cypress, and the bit of sculptiu-ed stone to the right heightens 

 the impression. Never before has a garden pictm-e seemed 

 to me so distinguished, so filled with enchantment. Poetry 

 is in even its counterfeit presentment. And surely, on a closer 

 inspection, the surprise of a distant prospect must await one at 

 the far end of that walk or perhaps at an angle from that spot, 

 while the mellow quality of age seems to enwrap the whole, 

 be the garden old or new. 



Since setting down my impression of this garden from its 

 photograph and nothing more, a letter has come from Mr. 



