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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



front of the brick-floored room used as a study was laid down in 

 Grass, with a wide border on each side, and the wall between the 

 house and stable was soon a mass of creeping Roses, scarlet Honey- 



steps and terrace, " The Old Park," Axminster. Terrace garden not stiffly planted. From 

 a photograph by Miss Dryden, Canons Ashby. 



suckles, and Virginian Creeper. Against the south side of the house 

 a Magnolia (M. grandiflora) was trained, filling the rooms with its 

 fragrance. Lonicera and Clematis montana, Wistaria, Gloire de Dijon 

 and Ayrshire Roses, and variegated Ivy hid the rest of the wall with a 



