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A Garden in Berkshire. 



FIG. 31. PLANTING PLAN. VIEW POINT "G" ON GENERAL PLAN (FIG. 2Oj. 

 FOR PHOTOGRAPH SEE FIG. 27. 



(Butomus umbellatus) require the comparative isolation of some such garden culture 

 to show their value. The water garden is bounded on its two long sides by wide 

 flower borders filled with a restricted choice of plants that is varied in some degree 

 from year to year but retains certain general features. 



The garden is rich in delightful detail, notably some remarkably refined figures 

 in bronze and stone ; one in the entrance court fountain, another on a pedestal in 

 the square tank of the water garden, and a bronze Mercury at the southern end of 

 the detached octagonal pergola. The paved paths, with their several flights of 

 steps of varied and always pure design, add greatly to refinement and also to a 

 comfortable impression of permanence in this remarkably beautiful and charming 

 garden. 



