GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



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Pomeroy), which stand above the steps at the end of the 



terrace, being good examples of the revived art of le.id 



sculpture, so well suited to the more 



formal parts of the garden. Many 



interesting features may be seen at this 



point. The rose walk is a fragrant 



and pleasant retreat on hot summer 



days, appropriately placed near the 



garden of bush roses enclosed within 



a yew hedge. This meeting of yew 



and rose is full of subtle chirm. 



The gardens have their varied 

 character also. Yew deepens the tea 

 rose tints, bringing out the tender 

 shades, and making a background of 

 colour for the groups of the best kinds 

 planted in beds of simple design. In 

 the immediate precincts of the house 

 flowers are massed and grouped every- 

 where, and there is a border of sub- 

 tropical plants, remarkable for effec- 

 tiveness. Not far away is a quiet 

 scene an orchard garden of apples 

 planted in the grass, where the 

 'daffodils dapple the turf with flowers. 



In many gardens this form of gardening, imitating the sweet 

 ways of Nature herself, is being carried out with success. 



fragran f with the breath of 



Simplicity is the charm of 

 such wild gardening, scattering 

 the flowers about in drifts and 

 little colonies. 



The wilderness at Alden- 

 ham is one of its most attrac- 

 tive features. It is a place of 

 vistas, cool green walks, and 

 brilliant splashes of colour, not 

 from flowers, but from the 

 stems and fruits of the shrubs. 

 This massing of shrubs is 

 unusual, and worthy of imita- 

 tion. No matter whether the 

 winds of winter whistle through 

 the trees, or the rich tints of 

 autumn colour the boughs, this 

 wilderness of shrub.s presents 

 bright features. Here an enor- 

 mous group of the sumach 

 Rhus typhina spreads out its 

 characteristic foliage, touch-d 

 with brilliant colours in Sep- 

 tember days, there the air is 

 sweet briar, and the heavy 



racemes of Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora (the biz panicled 



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hydrangea) weigh down the shoots. The Japanese ro-e, 

 cut-leaved bramble, double bramble, Cornus Mbirica (the 



Siberian dog-wood), Rubus 

 odoratus, Japanese windflower, 

 symphoricarpus, ribes, and 

 spiraea are a few of the shrubs 

 massed in this btld and in- 

 teresting way. One may 

 imagine the effect of dozens 

 of plants of the Cornus sibirica 

 in the winter landscape, a 

 glorious splash of colour in 

 the grey. We can only 

 describe this planting as 

 magnificent for its effective 

 ness, whilst the restfulness 

 and charm of the wilderness 

 are preserved. This free 

 planting does not disturb 

 the quiet grassy paths flecked 

 with sunlight, and retreats 

 from the glare of " bedders " 

 and the heat of summer and 

 autumn. 



By following one of the 

 pleasant grass walks, and 

 leaving the house and kitchen 



