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but they are rarely able to give you the slightest conception of 

 what these places are like. Their minds are concrete and every- 

 thing is coloured by social and aristocratic ideas. I never could 

 tell whether I was going to see tragedy, tank drama, vaudeville, 

 the "legitimate," or screaming farce. I therefore give a little list 

 of gardens classified according to ideas that are more familiar to 

 us. I give only the names of the estates, because there is an 

 alphabetical list of them in the "Garden Annual" but not of 

 proprietors, as we should naturally have. 



Bog gardens Hillbrook Place. 



Dutch gardens Holland House. 



Formal gardens Cliveden, Penshurst. 



Garden cities Bournville, Letchworth, Port Sunlight. 



Hardy gardens Mr. Fremlin, Wateringbury. 



Italian gardens Wilton House. 



Rock gardens Friar Park, Leonardslee, Kew. 



Royal gardens Sandringham, Hampton Court. 



Subtropical gardens Mt. Edgecumbe. 



Topiary gardens Cleeve Prior, Levens Hall. 



Water gardens Gravetye. 



Wild gardens Gravetye. 



As collectors usually know exactly where to go I will only 

 mention a few collections of general interest: 



Evergreens Dropmore. 

 Orchids Burford Lodge. 

 Rhododendrons Deepdene, Dropmore. 



In some cases there is more to be learned at nurseries and 

 trial grounds than at gardens and shows. For instance, sweet 

 peas are best studied on the seed farms of Essex and at the Sweet 

 Pea Society's trial grounds. For new roses one should go to 

 Cheshunt or to Belfast. Lovers of delphiniums go to Langport 

 and Enfield. The place to see new trees and shrubs from China 

 is Coombe Wood. The oldest rhododendrons are at Knaphill. 

 In daffodil time crowds go to Surbiton. At Maidstone there is a 

 gigantic collection of fruits, trees, and vines for forcing. 



