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changes colour anJ 

 ripens for the 

 gathering. Per- 

 golas may be built 

 of stone, as some- 

 times in Italy, but 

 here something 

 lighter, as of wood, 

 for example, seems 

 much more appro 

 priate. 



It is pleasant, 

 indeed, to pass 

 from the Lilleshall 

 apple walk to the 

 rose garden, which 

 is not only of large 

 extent, but filled 

 with choice varie- 

 ties, mostly in the 

 bush form, which 

 is generally most 

 richly dowered, 

 while the standard, 

 more especially of 

 the tea-scented 



kinds, is often killed in severe winters. In the Lilleshall garden 

 upwards of nineteen large beds are filled with such lovely 

 kinds as Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, Beauty of 

 Waltham, Captain Christy, Margaret Dickson, Mrs. John 

 Laing, Merveille de Lyon, La France, Lady Helen Stewart, 

 and Lord Macaulay. Some of the more hardy tea roses, such 

 as Reve d'Or, are very successful. Climbing roses of many 

 kinds clothe the walls, including such old favourites as the 

 Garland, Felicrte Perpetuee, and the Dundee Rambler, and 

 even the recent and somewhat garish Crimson Rambler, 



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than which few- 

 roses are more 

 brilliant. 



Here is one of 

 those gardens 

 which charm by 

 their very sim- 

 plicity. The one 

 bold feature of the 

 bedded parterre is 

 the foil to the 

 green surround- 

 ings, and adds its 

 effect to the land- 

 scape features 

 beyond, with their 

 far vistas, and the 

 umbrageous depths 

 of their woodland. 

 Little more of 

 description is 

 required of the 

 glowing and frag- 

 rant garden of 

 Lilleshall. It is 

 not one of those 



pleasaunces arranged upon a definite architectural or formal 

 plan, but the garden designer has happily succeeded in investing 

 his creations with a character of radiant and ravishing charm 

 not easy to define. 



If we had dwelt at all upon the mansion itself, or the 

 venerable abbey that is its neighbour, the space at our disposal 

 would not have sufficed to do any justice to the -theme. 

 Therefore, with a glance at the old sundial, dated 1630, a 

 memorial brought from the garden of Lilleshall Old Hall, 

 we leave this beautiful domain. 



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Till. IJUCIIKSS'S ROSE GARDEN. 



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