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yards to steps up to the paved court on the north side 

 of the house, on the left passes down the nut-walk, as 

 the second illustration shows. The Birch-tree and 

 seat are immediately to the right, just out of the 

 picture. Standing a little way down the shaded nut- 

 walk and looking back, the Hydrangeas are seen in 

 another aspect, with the steps and house behind them 

 in shade, and the sun shining through their pale green 

 leaves. Sitting on the seat, the eye, passing between 

 the pink Hydrangea flowers, sees a short straight 

 path bounded by a waU of Tree Box to right and left, 

 and at the far end one tub of pale blue Hydrangea in 

 shade, backed by a repetition of the screen of Yews 

 such as enclose the Birch-tree. 



On the south side of the house there is a narrow 

 border full of Rosemary, with China Roses and a 

 Vine, as shown in the illustration opposite p. 114. 

 Here the narrow lawn, backed by woodland, is higher 

 than the house-level. Shallow steps lead up to it in 

 the middle, and to right and left is low dry-walling. 

 On the upper edge of this is a hedge of Scotch Briars, 

 shown in full bloom at p. 50, and in the narrow 

 border below, a planting of the low-growing Andromeda 

 (Leucothoe) axillaris, a little shrub that is neat through- 

 out the year and in winter prettily red-tinted. 



The beautiful White Lily cannot be grown in the 

 hot sandy soil of my garden. Even if its place be 

 ever so well prepared with the loam and lime that it 

 loves, the surrounding soil-influences seem to rob it 

 of its needful nourishment ; it makes a miserable 

 show for one year and never appears again. The only 



