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with an arch, through which the path in front of the 

 border passes. Over the stone arch, and rambling 

 partly over the yews, are the vigorous mariy-fiowered 

 growths of Clematis Flammula. At the end of the 

 border are pale sulphur-coloured Hollyhocks. Both in 

 form and colour this was a delightful picture ; the 

 foam-like masses of the Clematis resting on the dusky 

 richness of the yew ; the straight shafts of the Holly- 

 hock giving clear colour and agreeing with the upright 

 lines of the sides of the archway, which showed dimly 

 in the shade. These. are only a few incidents out of 

 numbers that occur or are intentionally arranged. 



There is a place near my house where a path leads 

 down through a nut-walk to the further garden. It is 

 crossed by a shorter path that ends at a Birch-tree 

 with a tall silvered trunk. It seemed desirable to 

 accentuate the point where the paths cross ; I therefore 

 put down four square platforms of stone " pitching " 

 as a place for the standing of four Hydrangeas in tubs. 

 Just before the tree is a solid wooden seat and a shallow 

 wide step done with the same stone pitching. Tree 

 and seat are surrounded on three sides by a rectangular 

 planting of yews. The tender greys of the rugged 

 lower bark of the Birch and the silvering of its upper 

 stem teU finely against the dark velvet-like richness 

 of the Yew and the leaf-mass of other trees beyond ; 

 the pink flowers and fresh green f oUage of the Hydran- 

 geas are also brilliant against the dusky green. It is 

 just one simple picture that makes one glad for three 

 months of the later summer and early autumn. The 

 longer cross-path, which on the right leads in a few 



