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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



juniper, holly, birch, mountain 

 ash, scrub oak and Scotch fir, 

 in delightfully spontaneous 

 grouping, with undergrowth of 

 bracken and whortleberry, and 

 heaths in the more open places, 

 and other delights of honey- 

 suckle, wild thyme, wood sage 

 and dwarf scabious. It is 

 grievous to see this natural and 

 well-adjusted beauty ruthlessly 

 destroyed, and common nursery 

 stuff, such as laurels and a 

 heterogeneous collection of 

 exotic conifers, put in its place, 

 whereas it may be so well 

 planted with the native trees 

 that are absolutely sympathetic 

 to its own character, with the 

 addition of the hardier of the 

 cistus, brooms and their kindred 

 species, with rosemary, lavender, 

 phlomis and many another good 

 plant of Southern Europe. So 

 it is with any other place that 

 has a distinct natural character, 

 whether of granite, limestone or 

 slate-rock. All these have their 

 own flora, indicating to the 



FIG. XIX. — YEWS AT SHEPHERD S GATE. 



FIG. XX. — WALLED GARDEN AT THE MURREL, ABERDOUR, FIFE. 



