a78 WOOD AND GARDEN 



jaasonry and wrouglit stone. Broad and shallow stone 

 ateps lead down to the turf both at the end of the 

 walk and in the middle of the front of the house, the 

 wider and shallower the better, and at the foot of the 

 wall may be a narrow border for a few chmbing plants 

 that will here and there rise above the copuig of the 

 parapet. I do not think it desirable where there are 

 stone balusters or other distinct architectm-al features 

 to let them be smothered ■with climbiag plants, but that 

 there should be, say, a Pyrus japonica or an Escallonia, 

 and perhaps a white Jasmine, and (^n a larger space 

 perhaps a cut-leaved or a Claret Viae. Some of the 

 best effects of the kind I have seen were where the 

 bush, being well established, rose straight out of the 

 grass, the border being unnecessary except just at the 

 beginning. 



The large lawn space I am supposing stretches away 

 a good distance from the house, and is bounded on the 

 south and west by fine trees ; away beyond that is all 

 wild wood. On summer afternoons the greater part 

 of the lawn expanse is in cool shade, while winter 

 sunsets show through the tree stems. Towards the 

 south-east the wood would pass into shrub plantations, 

 and farther still into garden and wild orchard (of 

 which I shall have something to say presently). At 

 this end of the lawn would be the brilliant parterre 

 of bedded plants, seen both from the shaded lawn and 

 from the terrace, which at this end forms part of its 

 design. Beyond the parterre would be a distinct 



