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GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



here, too, as we sit in shadow, we could have views of 

 Madonna lilies and delphiniums, which should be in bloom 

 about this time. 



Another garden, with grey paved walks and formal 

 flower-borders, would have pink and white flowers alone. 

 Silver-grey foliage, and great clumps of misty gypsophila 





Fig 27. 



would keep it cool-looking. A small woodland bit might 

 have ferns and spring bulbs in masses between them, so 

 that thus two seasons of beauty could be enjoyed upon one 

 piece of ground. 



For autumn we should wish for enclosed gardens and 

 thatched arbours, so that when we watched the greys and 

 lilacs of Michaelmas daisies and the last bright yellow 



