THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Eversley, we get to see a modest, and simple as charming, type of 

 garden. The walls and borders are full of flowers, while the Grass 

 clothes the central space. When Canon Kingsley became rector of 



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

 a photograph by Miss Dryden, Canons Ashby. 



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Eversley, in 1844, he found the garden at the rectory in as unsatis- 

 factory a state as was, in other respects, the rest of his parish ; but 

 its capabilities he used to the utmost. On the sloping lawn between 

 the house and the road stood, and still stands, a noble group of three 



