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other conditions are favourable. Its tall wing stems, headed by the pink cascades 

 of bloom, sway easily in wind and never break. Sea lavenders and horn poppies 

 would be thoroughly apt, and when we seek to accentuate the depressions by planting 

 them with lowly growths, we should not forget such seaside subjects of sessile habit as 

 the thrifts and Silene maritima. 



While there is no reason for limiting the selection to shore plants, these should 

 be well represented, and give the note to the whole arrangement. Subjects that 

 look awkward and unfriendly in such association should be excluded, for in the tree- 

 girt extension which we are now considering a somewhat natural lay-out should prevail, 

 and the formal garden alone should contain florist flowers. Of these, carnations do 

 well, and assume their most brilliant colouring by the sea. Roses flourish if adequate 

 shelter, such as this garden possesses, is provided. The petals of many varieties, 

 however, become spotted and decayed by the slightest tincture of salt borne in the 

 rain driven by a sea wind. Such should be avoided, and stout-petalled kinds chosen, 

 such as Caroline Testout, Marie d' Orleans, Frau Karl Druschki, Belle Siebrecht and 

 George Nabonnand. Such is a meagre outline, with only very occasional filling in, 

 of how this bare and derelict homestead could be converted into a charming home, 

 surrounded by flourishing gardens. In preparing a list for planting the latter, it must 

 not be forgotten that this Cromer country has been called poppyland, and that the 

 great tribe of poppyworts, including romneya and argemone, must be duly honoured 

 and housed. Of shrubby growths the hardy fuchsias will flourish, while to the ever- 

 greens already mentioned Choisya ternata, lavender and rosemary must certainly 

 be added. Probably the delightful creeping form of rosemary will here survive the 

 winters, for it is not frost but damp which is its enemy. 



We may now leave this East Coast garden of a dream, for another that is in being. 

 In nothing is there opportunity for greater skill than in the treatment of small 

 sites of irregular shape, such as that shown in Fig. 86. Eastwood Cottage, Walbers- 

 wick, stands on a narrow tongue formed by two converging roads, and Mr. A. Winter 

 Rose has made the most of an awkwardly-shaped plot by breaking it up into several 

 features of interest. Two are illustrated in Figs. 87 and 88. The east corner is 

 laid out as a rock garden, to which access is given from the sunk wall that runs along 





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FIG. 86. — PLAN OF LITTLE GARDEN AT WALBERSWICK. 



