Parks and Gardens 45 



ground," the orangerie, the winter garden, the 

 conservatories, and the vegetable gardens ; but 

 the orchards, the vineyard, and the nurseries I 

 have distributed, at a distance from the castle, 

 through the park; moreover, I have laid out sev- 

 eral smaller gardens, in different styles, around 

 the other principal buildings of the park, which 

 I will describe more in detail farther on. 



Although all these gardens are decorated here 

 and there by scattered flower beds, the great mass 

 and variety of flowers are reserved for the flower 

 gardens proper. I repeat here that the selection 

 and distribution of the flowers mustBe^left to the 

 individual taste of the owner, though I will say 

 in passing that flowers of the same kind in large 

 masses generally make a far more impressive 

 effect than a mixture of many different kinds in 

 the same bed. Yet the nuances are so various, and 

 there is so much to be considered in the design- 

 ing, that only years of practice and experience 

 will give the best. The light cast upon the flow- 

 ers by the surrounding objects is a prime consid- 

 eration. A rose in shadow and a rose in light 

 yield quite different colors; much more the 

 blue flowers. But especially striking is the effect 

 brought about by the contrast of dark shade with 

 bright sunlight on full white flowers mixed with 

 others of brilliant color. Generally speaking, it 

 is advisable to break strong-tinted flowers with 

 white, in order to make the former stand out in 

 strotiger relief. 



A winter garden, as the name implies, must 



