The round the house, or on terraces below it, where some lovely 
Position background of mountain, wood, or water was waiting to set 
of Scotch them off. But in the search for shelter these walled gardens 
Gardens 2%e often placed at a considerable distance. Of course there 
are many exceptions, such as the well-known Balcarres and 
Balcaskie; at the latter the windows open on to a wonderful 
parterre of colour, which makes, with a fine Cedar and the sea 
in the distance, a delightful picture. The Rose garden 
enclosed in a low Yew hedge (of which a picture is given in 
“Rose Notes”) and the terraces with their walls and wide buttresses, 
giving the cosiest of corners for delicate plants or creepers, are 
also at hand. In the case of many of the grand old fortified 
castles in which Scotland is so rich, the garden, though it is 
generally kept within its own walls, adjoins the Castle itself, 
and gains the immense advantage, as at Cawdor or Kellie, 
among many others which come into one’s mind, of a back- 
ground of high grey stone towers and turrets. But, as a 
rule, the small gardens prove how much can be well grown 
without either walls or high hedges, and make the most 
consequently of the natural features of the landscape. The 
garden of Camp Cottage, Comrie (of which a sketch will 
be found in this section), is a good example of what I mean. 
On all sides the view is open, and clumps of Blue Delphiniums 
and Madonna Lilies in the summer, or of Tiger Lilies and 
Michaelmas Daisies in the autumn, are seen against the purples 
and blues of the mountains, and borders of Phlox and Bocconia 
stand out against some distant buttress of grey rock. 
But once the walled gardens are entered, all regrets as to 
their position vanish in delight at the sights within. They 
have wonderful features of their own, and are seldom, owing 
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