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Sir William Middleton about 1830. There is in front of the 

 house at Shrublands a wide terrace with flower-beds like 

 that at Harewood, but without fountains, from it a long flight 

 of steps leads to a semi-circular terrace garden below r (see 

 illustration). This, like all gardens in this style, was formerly 

 " bedded-out " each summer. It is easy to see what an 

 immense expense this involves, and how difficult it was to 

 keep up a garden under those conditions. For unless the 



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beds are to be empty except for four months in the year, 

 there must be spring bedding of hyacinths, crocuses, tulips, 

 &c., as well as geraniums, and such like, for the summer. 



There are now in cultivation such an immense variety of 

 hardy perennial plants, which, with a little care, will thrive 

 well in this country, that if a judicious selection is made from 

 these, the beds can be made as bright in summer as with the 

 more delicate plants' which perish with the first touch of 

 frost ; and the beauty of the garden can be considerably 



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