built in I - - r Clem, lit 



>ed .is the " . h.nnpioii " 



..I H. n-\ Mil., Hi, soldier " ot the 



! .t.ir Somerset, tin- "seaman" 



ill.- " father ' 



I ireate has said in 



den volumes tint a true 

 n should .ilw.iys tv tilled with 

 (lowers. Th;-re should Iv n<> dull 

 month in which all has taded. I o 

 every month a June is. never- 

 theless, impossible, but the gardeners 

 at Blu klin;: contrive to leave no period 

 in \\ Inch tlu- ^.ifvK-n is without intcn-st. 



is un.louMrJIv .1 u'i - ." 

 Jcsirahk- art. and tlu- i-xci-lli-r.t man- 

 agement il tin- shrublxTii-s, with tlu-ir 

 many varu-J colours, is a pn\\rriul 

 factor in tlu- matter. Tin- ground 

 rises, and a broad p.itli h.is K-t-n 

 formed up to tlu- tempk-liki- arbour at 

 the top. The path is broken by tliyht> 

 of steps, and the classical features 

 are sphinxes and urns, \\ith terminal 

 busts, a quiet sequestered charm, as 

 of learned leisure, bein^ imparted to 

 the whole place, ( )n either side "f the 

 paths are the shrubberies, in \\huh 

 .Conifers, evergreens, and other tr, 

 form a s i ^reen to the 



jjloxv ing beds nearer the house. Lilies, hollyhocks, sunflowers, 

 and a hundred others dear to the Nature-lot er are -een richly 

 grouped and massed at Blicklin^. Let it be noted that ^r.iss 

 is the invariable surrounding of the beds, and will always form 

 an unrivalled framework for masses .it tl.iwers. 



Another feature of Blicklin^ to be particularly observed is 

 that the locality of tin- flowers is not restricted. Thev are. in 







mi 



" r.-- 



ywhere, and, whether they -ire the ^l"ry of a K-d, or 

 huht up with colour a missy urn, the unlelt hand ot 

 working in the spirit of Nature, h.is produced the subtle iharm. 

 In winter a piactice is made of filling the K-ds with < 

 i shrubs, so that the ^.iiden has interests .it .ill s, .IS..MS, 

 and never pre>ents tint empty aspi-it s,i Irequeiitly seen when 

 the time ot iVtwrrs is over. Winter has, indeed, its - 



THE U. HHIXiES. 



