GENERAL SURVEY 17 



alpines to see them flourishing upon the perpendicular 

 granite. A lovely rock-foil that does detest hot sun- 

 shine is Don Pedro del Campo's, generally called 

 Camposii. Probably there are many others that I 

 have not got which also object. Umbrosa, despite 

 its name, seems to be happy enough in sunshine. 



On the south side of the path bordering my white 

 rockery are deep borders for roses, with a row of 

 pillars behind for noisettes, Ayrshires and other 

 pillar and climbing sorts. 



Then comes another drop, and a wall appears 

 for delicate shrubs and choice trailing things. The 

 main mass of the lawn extends beyond, with the red 

 rockery lying to the east of it and the garden-room to 

 the west. Then occur peat-beds for rhododendrons, 

 lilies, and American plants. These lie on either side 

 of the pond and bog basin. To the left of my house 

 is a cool corner also devoted to lilies and such things ; 

 on the right of the dwelling extends a deep, protected 

 border for shrubs and herbaceous plants. Before the 

 front door rises a bank fringed with German irises : 

 purple, white, blue, yellow, chocolate, and rose, 

 and the many half-tints between. Above them rise 

 doronicums, that blossom with them, Solomon's seals, 

 senecios, roses, genista, and cytisus. Then ascend 

 aralias, eucalyptus, exochorda, syringas, almonds, a 

 birch tree and a yew. Over the last during autumn 

 clematis vitalba spreads her veil of silver-grey. This 

 bank sounds better than it looks, because in the words 

 we get a suggestion of spaciousness that does not 

 really belong to it. 



