A Gardeft in West Surrey. 



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FIG. 52. — PLANTING 

 PLAN OF A GROUP AT THE 

 WOOD-EDGE FOR WINTER 

 AND EARLY SPRING. . 

 VIEW POINT "h"ON 

 GENERAL PLAN (fIG. 44). 



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backed by more distant wood. This wide green walk (Fig. 50) is the most precious 

 possession of the place, the bluish distance giving a sense of some extent and the 

 bounding woodland one of repose and security, while in slightly misty weather the 

 illusions of distance and mystery are endless and full of charm. Nearest the lawn 

 are groups of rhododendron, very carefully chosen for colour, with hardy ferns and 

 one of the smaller andromedas filling up nearest the grass on the shady side, and 

 tufts of the natural wild heaths, intergrown with the blue-flowered Lithospermum 

 prostratum,, on the side where the sun shines for some hours of the day. 



Of the lesser grassy ways into the wooded ground, one that passes under the 

 shade of oaks and birches has groups of some of the beautiful wild ferns — male fern, lady 

 fern and dilated shield fern, in the natural setting of mossy ground and whortle-berry. 



