SCOTTISH GAEDENS 



if employed in that way, would form a distinct and 

 attractive feature ; but devoted as they are merely 

 for the display of common flowers, the effect is 

 meaningless and irritating. 



The delights of this garden are greatly enhanced by 

 the lovely views up and down the winding Avon, and 

 across to the rich woodland on the further shore. 

 And over all reigns that sense of seclusion and repose 

 which cannot fail to appeal to the hard- wrought man 

 of affairs as strongly as to the habitual loiterer. 



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