128 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



flowering shrubs on the high banks give additional height 

 and shade. Here and there stepping-stones lead across 

 and there is room for a narrow irregular path on a level 

 with the water, so that all the little plants can be well 

 seen and picked. It would seem almost that we were 



old tree stumps to be put 

 and tp be planted With 

 Ramblers or Wichurianas 



v , To be 



; fined with 



' aquatic or 



moisture loving 



plants, 



Moisture 

 loving 

 plants 



Arch in 

 the Screen 



Note; The dotted lines sre to 

 indiddte stepping stones. 



FIG. 85. 

 A, B, C, Old path, border, and wall. 



walking in the stream so close to the water does the path 

 take us ; and upon a level with the eye, and even higher, 

 are rock-plants and shrubs full of colour (Fig. 86). 



When we consider the many appliances there now are 

 in England for watering gardens, commencing with 

 motor-power engines to drive it from a well to a tank ; 



