Introduction. 



XXXV. 



in the old forest region of Sussex. They stand just within the rose garden, 

 above and flanking a flight of steps that leads to lower ground. Standing in 

 the rose garden, and looking between the yews to the half-distant view of wooded 

 hill and down, so typical of the beautiful Ashdown Forest district, they form the 

 frame of the picture, and the tender colouring of the distance is much more fully 

 appreciated than it would be if they were not present. It is a good lesson, and 

 suggestive of what might with great advantage be oftener done in gardens, namely, to 

 frame a distant view in near greenery, either by an occasional arch or by a whole 

 arcade. Roses are well used at Shepherd's Gate ; they rejoice in the rich loam of 

 the district, not only growing strongly but also flowering profusely. The whole 

 country is richly wooded, and gives a feeling of protective shelter that is all the 



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FIG. XXV. — PLAN OF TOPIARY WORK IN BRIDGE END GARDEN. 



more favourable to the well-being of the roses and of the many other good garden 

 plants that flourish in this pleasant place. (For plan see Fig. xviii.) 



Very different as a site is that of The Murrel in Fife, the work of 

 Mr. F. W. Deas, in a country of wide spaces and low, wind-swept hills (Fig. xx.). 

 The house and all the outbuildings are closely grouped together, and one feels, with 

 this accomplished architect, how much the whole needed the protection of the great 

 stone wall, whose height, varying from twelve to eighteen feet, rises to one level 

 as the ground falls. It is heavily buttressed, and, like the house, roofed with 

 pantiles. 



A site of about two acres at Thursley in Surrey has been cleverly treated 

 by Mr. Edward White (Fig. xxi.). House and pleasure garden occupy about half 



