Value of Curved Paths 
green wall of foliage pressing towards the window 
that would be inexpressibly dull ten months in the 
year. Of course, soil that grows Rhododendrons well 
will also grow many Lilies perfectly, and by planting 
such varieties as Lilium speciosum roseum and rubrum, 
Lilium auratum platyphyllum, Lilium Hansoni, Lilium 
Regale, the bed would be more attractive during the 
late summer and early autumn, but I do not think it 
could ever achieve success. 
This design provides for an entrance quite distinct 
from any other in that it aims at creating an approach 
to the front door in such a way that the latter will be 
invisible from the road. This idea has many points in 
its favour, and the arrangement of shrubs on both sides 
is distinctly good. These little curves in paths may 
not always seem quite pleasant to everyone, but they 
do succeed in giving a sense of seclusion to the garden, 
even while one is standing on the doorstep, that is often 
unobtainable without them. One great fault in the 
design is that in no single instance does it respect the 
views from the various windows, and therefore cannot 
be said to have been developed with a full sense of its 
relation to the house. One feature that forms part of 
the design is a rock garden, and as this appears in 
exactly the same position in a design by Mr. Thornton 
Sharp I think the suitability of such an introduction 
is worth discussing. 
I have expressed myself so frequently in the columns 
of The Garden, and elsewhere, on the subject of rock 
gardens and their place in garden schemes that it is 
possible many readers will be familiar with my opinions 
thereon. If so, they will quickly come to the con- 
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