128 GARDENS : THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



flowering shrubs on the high banks give additional height 

 and shade. Here and there stepping-stones lead across 

 and there is room for a narrow irregular path on a level 

 with the water, so that all the little plants can be well 

 and picked. It would seem almost that we were 



seen 



old tree stumps to be put 

 and tQ be planted With 

 Ramblers or Wichuridnas 



To be 



I /.Kuo } f'"et* with 

 'C,a5<^°^,,-''aquatlc or 

 moisture loving 

 plants. 



1 



iAi 



B 



.ded "I'jSfls 



i^fc^^ii^^ia. 



« JSS^ tfoU: The dotted lines are to 



Arch in 



the Screen 



are to 

 indiiate stepping stones. 



Fig. 85. 

 A, B, C, Old path, border, and wall. 



walking in the stream so close to the water does the path 

 take us ; and upon a level with the eye, and even higher, 

 are rock-plants and shrubs full of colour (Fig. 86). 



When we consider the many appliances there now are 

 in England for watering gardens, commencing with 

 motor-power engines to drive it from a well to a tank j 



