THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



in the book; and on buying these the results 

 were to my eye precisely what they were to 

 hers — a satisfaction that is nothing short of 

 enchanting. Miss Waterfield's own water-color 

 sketches, reproduced in her book for purposes of 

 illustration, are in some cases valuable too to 

 the gardener who would create pictures as he 

 gardens. Her manner of planting seems always 

 to me that of an artist and these drawings from 

 her hand confirm that impression. 



A little volume of totally different character, 

 but full of meat for a reader interested in these 

 things, is the recently published "Spring Garden- 

 ing at Belvoir Castle," by Mr. W. H. Divers, 

 head gardener to the Duke of Rutland. Writ- 

 ten in alarmingly dull style, it is still a mine of 

 riches for the amateur who tries for spring ef- 

 fects; for certain violas and primroses, aubrietas, 

 arabises do quite as well in this country as in 

 England, and, I beUeve, nearly all tulips and daf- 

 fodils. These are the flowers most important in 

 the plantings at Belvoir Castle and, wonderful to 

 relate, the color descriptions of individual flowers 

 by Mr. Divers seem to be as accurate as Miss 

 Jekyll's own. This is a remarkable thing; but 

 just here the remarkableness of this little book 



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