A Long Way Round 



same scheme of colour is carried out on the right- 

 hand side of the grass path, but with the addition 

 of pale yellow mullein and thalictrum, and orange 

 lilies escort you along the little path that joins this 

 and the main portion of the border, in which are 

 repeated the blues of the delphiniums, in very 

 large masses, the mauve of the cranesbill, the white 

 and pink of the phloxes, the fine foliage of the grey 

 artichoke, with pinks and violas, polygonum, iberis, 

 and other dwarf flowers tumbling over one another 

 on to the path. 



The whole scheme is designed to be an intro- 

 duction to the comer through the woods, and an 

 invitation when seen from the house through the 

 framework of the chain of rambler roses. It is a 

 half-way house between Art and Nature, the rich 

 beautiful Nature who is seen at work in the valley 

 from the top of the hill. 



And there, after a breathing space, I shall take 

 Jane on the way to the annual borders which are 

 stretched in a curve at the bottom of the slope of 

 the lawn ten yards away from the stone courtyard. 



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