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two borders as high as possible, and allowed a gentle slope length- 

 wise for drainage, banking up the edges with turf. The two 

 steep banks at the end of the lawn I also treated in a like manner. 

 The western border was reserved for perennials such as Aubretia, 

 Corydalis, Lilies, Yellow Loosestrife, Pinks, Polyanthus, Primrose, 

 Sedum, Solomon's Seal, Violet, and small flowering shrubs such 

 as Berberis, Box, Cotoneaster, Cupressus, Flowering Currant, 

 Laurustinus, Lavender, Olearia, Osmanthus, Rosemary, Veronica, 

 Yew, and others. 



Right round the edge of both borders I planted Emperor 

 Daffodils, which increase their number of blossoms each year. 

 In 1915 there were 210 blossoms ; in 1916, 320, and in 1917, 500. 

 I leave the bulbs in the ground all the year through, taking care 

 when forking over, or hoeing, not to damage same. 



The top part of the garden (E and G on plan) was reserved for 

 a few fruit trees and vegetables, the former consisting of Apples, 

 Pears, and Plums, with Mint, Parsley, Sage, and Thyme. 



After the lawn was finished, I found it had worked out larger 

 than I anticipated, the border on either side looked too narrow, 

 and the whole plot rather ill-balanced. Rather than increase 

 the width of the east and west borders after becoming established, 

 I made a two-feet wide border about four feet away, of sufficient 

 length (40 feet) to take twelve Cordon Apple trees on each side, 

 with an Espalier Pear the same distance in front of the steep 

 banks at the end of the grass (see C on plan, page 209). Where 

 this narrow border ended near the house, I placed a rustic arch on 

 either side so as to form an entrance walk to the borders. The 

 arches are now covered with the American Pillar Rose, and, to 

 form an opening in the narrow border at the end, I inserted a 

 wire arch with the same accommodating Rose on either side, 

 and this has now rounded off the scheme to advantage. 



The Cordon Apples I planted on the -east side were Bismarck, 

 Beauty of Bath, Cox's Orange Pippin, King of the Pippins, and 

 Warner's King, and on the west side Allington Pippin, Blenheim 

 Orange, Devonshire Quarrenden, Gascoigne's Scarlet Seedling, 

 and Worcester Pearmain. The two Espalier Pears on either 

 side of the middle arch near the steps (H) are Fertility, and 

 Flemish Beauty. My other fruit trees in the little patch of higher 

 kitchen garden at the rear (E) are : 



Apples : Allington Pippin, Beauty of Bath, Domino, Early 

 Margaret, James Grieve, Grenadier, Lane's Prince Albert, 

 Loddington Seedling, Lord Derby, and Peasgood's Nonsuch. 



