EXAMPLES OF GARDEN DESIGN. 



The following is a key to the letters and figures on the plan :- 



A. Seat on mound. 



B. Flight of steps with seats at head. 



C. Lead figure on stone base (the two 



stars represent old yews). 



D. Sundial. 



E. Luggage entrance and court. 



F. Gateway in arched opening. 



G. Recreation room. 

 H. Carriage court. 



I. Rhododendrons by side of waterfall. 



J. Garden house. 



K. Bridge. (See 111. No. 189). 



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GATEWAY AND STEPS TO FORECOURT. 



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1. Three plantations composed princi- 



pally of choice hybrid rhodo- 

 dendrons. 



2. Azaleas and Rhododendrons on 



sloping bank. 



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ancestral 

 domain. 



3. Groups of deciduous flowering shrubs. 17. 



4. Rhododendron Wilsonii and 18. 



Mezerions. 19. 

 5, 6. Blue Cedars (C. atlantica glauca), with 



groups of Pernettyas and Vacci- 20. 



niums on the grass. 21. 



7. Large groups of choice Pernettyas 22. 



round base of rock. 23. 



8. Spanish Gorse. 24. 



9. Cream Broom. 



10. Hybrid Rhododendrons. 25. 



11. A cutting between two rock banks 26. 



planted with rock plants and ferns. 27. 



12. Double Gorse. 



Collection of American plants. 



A large old Azalea. 



Pernettyas, Spiraeas, Mezerions and other 



shrubs. 



Hardy heaths planted on rock bank. 

 Collection of choice Pines. 

 Rhododendron caucasicum album. 

 Large group of old Ponticum Rhodo- 

 dendrons. 



Group of Prunus Pissardii. 

 Mahonia and other shade-loving plants. 

 Irish heaths. 

 Group of rock shrubs. 

 Mahonia, Gaultheria, Skimmia and 



other deciduous flowering shrubs. 

 Rhododendron and Ghent Azaleas. 

 Three pigmy Pines. 



Collection of Hollies and standard flower- 

 ing shrubs. 



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