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than the tops of the bay trees, so as to give pro- 

 tection from the sun, and to make it yet higher, 

 and to prevent strong sunlight from penetrating 

 too fiercely, a copper-beech hedge was planted on 

 the top. This hedge is round three sides of the 

 garden and is kept clipped so that the whole effect 

 is a long, narrow, formal tapis vert guiding the eye 

 by means of the bay trees and the beech hedge to 

 a seat at the far end. 



Favourite, tender plants grow with luxuriance 

 against the earth walls of this garden, for the 

 orange-pots act as wind-breaks and so myrtles, 

 Romneya Coulteri, a Marshal Neil rose, and a vine 

 all flourish near them. 



The third trench garden is the home of peach 

 trees and is purely utilitarian and not intended 

 for ornament. In laying out a piece of ground 

 which goes by the name of the " well garden," we 

 were obliged to excavate chalk from a hole near 

 by. Gradually the hole increased in size until it 

 became about fifty feet long by fourteen feet wide, 

 and I decided, as work progressed and it grew 

 deeper and deeper, that if the sides were made to 

 form walls about seven feet high they would be 

 ideal for trained fruit trees. Long, tall pieces of 

 wooden square-mesh trellis were fixed to project 

 about a foot in front of the earth walls, and against 

 this the trees were planted, so that their branches 

 could extend along it and be tied to it. Where 

 the sun falls most we planted peach trees, and at 

 the two ends are pears, whilst the wall facing 

 north will eventually be utilised for Morella 

 cherries. It has answered its purpose well ; the 



