The Garden 

 that We Made 



Campanula pyramid- 

 alis against a back- 

 ground of Ivy on the 

 north wall. 



ends the park begins ; and 

 where the park ends two huge 

 gates of wrought Iron open on 

 to the broad country road. 



The lawn is calculated to 

 give a sense of restfulness, 

 because of its unity of colour 

 and Its broad outline, and 

 hence It is without any kind 

 of flower-bed that might 

 counteract this Impression, except a long border by the wall ot 

 the house, where Campanula pyramidalis, sometimes called 

 the Chimney Bell-flower In England, low-growing marigolds, 

 and wayward nasturtiums, are edged by a row of tiles. 



On the South Side 

 of the Castle. 



On the south side of the castle there Is a steep hill 

 which drops right down to the Sound. Ten years ago It 

 was overgrown with trees, and the first thing we did 

 was to fell some of these — that is, we felled as many as 

 we possibly could. Some we were bound to keep for 

 the sake of the protection they afforded from the gales. 

 In Sweden we call It " hewing down the trees," and I can 

 assure you that it is an art to know the right trees to fell. 



The best method is to single out one tree at the time, 

 fell it, and then see what effect the space left by each 

 fallen tree has on the landscape as a whole. This slow 

 process has Its reward, for one 

 seldom regrets the loss of any tree. 



Indeed, with us, the improve- 

 ment made by the cutting was 

 great, since there was such a wealth 

 of forest trees. 



Never hesitate to fell a diseased 

 tree, nor to hew down one in order 

 that Its neighbour may get more 

 benefit from the soil and thus 

 develop better. 



Musk Mallow has sown 

 itself on the sloping 

 grass. 



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