Colour Harmony 
much as I have already explained in Chapter VII., not 
by building up a huge bank for the purpose of placing 
the stone, but by sinking the path and making it appear 
that it dips through natural rock. The Weeping Ash, 
that was originally planted as a shade tree as an adjunct 
to the tennis-court, makes an admirable background, 
and the earth removed from the path was thrown up 
into a mound, which, now it is planted, appears to be 
a perfectly natural condition of things, and is in no 
sense obtrusive. 
The herbaceous border which is also illustrated 
is an excellent example of what can be done when 
thought and care are given to the arrangement. It 
will at once be appreciated that in this border there is 
ample colour for any one period with the Irises, Del- 
phiniums, Canterbury Bells, Madonna Lilies, Stachys 
lanata, Anchusas, Verbascums, Galega Hartland, 
Campanulas of all sorts, Gypsophila, and others ; but it 
will also be seen that there are numerous other plants 
that will flower when those now in bloom are over, and 
many that have already given of their best, and are now 
resting for a season, amongst those yet to come to 
fuller perfection being the Pillar Roses at the back of 
the border. These climbing Roses are lavishly used 
in this garden, being arches across to separate the 
Rose garden from the tennis-court, and also mingled 
with the flowering shrubs surrounding the lawn. 
I have said that in this garden due care has been 
taken that the various colours of the flowers and shrubs 
used should ever be in fine harmony. This is, indeed, 
stating the case too mildly, for no painter or sculptor 
ever had a finer reverence for form and colour than has 
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