LIST OF PLATES 



" In summer nights the tea-house is hung with Japanese 



lanterns" (colour) .... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



" Great tall fellows they are, where they go striding up 



the hill behind the house " .... 10 



The brick court where the laurels used to be . . 12 



" Where the conservatories had been I built out the 



room, with as much window as possible " . .14 



" The sundial is a trite person, and says in all weathers 



. . . ' Time can do much ' " . . .16 



The window which curves into the drawing-room is the 



invalid's seat, facing south .... 26 



The fireplace that happened ..... 28 



" Most of the woodwork is painted apple green. The 

 walls are white and so are the door and window 

 frames " . . . • • • • .30 



The view from the lawn, with the round windows of the 



new study ........ 48 



" The despised privet hedge is now ten feet high " . 52 

 " The croquet lawn running into the pine-woods 



in the distance "...... 54 



" Another wide border topped by a cherry walk " . 56 

 " The carved urn on the lawn, bought in Venice " . 58 



