48 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



together. The plot of Sunflowers, etc., would merit the title of an 

 autumn garden. On the low bank by the sunk pond of the water- 

 garden I would have either Gorse, Broom, Double Daisies, and Hare- 

 bells, or Wichuraiana Roses. Some Mulleins would be effective 

 among the Bamboos and tall Polygonums, while the foreground 

 should be of Polygonums bistorta and sphserostachyum. Some strips 

 of turf, kept neat, might be used as paths across the Rose-ground : 

 the rockery ought to consist of a low rock-strewn mound, well 

 furnished by spring, summer and autumn flowering Alpines. 



