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and a complete backing of bracken, with here and there a flowery incident a 

 patch of trillium, and further a little bank of the lovely little trientalis and a bold 

 back grouping of Solomon's seal and white foxglove (Fig. 51). Another passes from 

 the lawn between banks of Gaultheria, alpenrose and the larger shrubby andromedas ; 

 it is shown from above at Fig. 53. Another passes up through a region of azalea 

 and cistus. The intention of all the paths from garden to wood is to lead by an 

 imperceptible gradation from one to the other by the simplest means that may be 

 devised, showing on the way the beauty ol some one or two good kinds of plant and 

 placing them so that they look happy and at home. 



One place where two of the paths join that lead up to the wood has been arranged 

 with a larger number of kinds of plants as a bit of garden for winter and earliest 

 spring, but here the restful feeling is preserved by keeping the colouring within a 



FIG. 53. AUTUMN-BLOOMING SHRUBS. VIEW POINT " J " ON GENERAL PLAN (FIG. 44). 



restricted range of low-toned pinks and purples, with a fair amount of quiet, deep- 

 coloured leafage. The planting plan (Fig. 52) shows the arrangement. 



There are but comparatively few shrubs that bloom in autumn ; two of them, 

 viz., ^Esculus macrostachya and Olearia Haastii, have been grouped together by one 

 of the paths between the shrub-clumps. 



At the far end of the kitchen garden, where the north and west walls join at an 

 uneven angle, stands a little building a raised gazebo. From inside the garden 

 its floor-level is gained by a flight of steps that wind up with one or two turns. Its 

 purpose is partly to give a fitting finish to a bare-looking piece of wall and partly to 



