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can get plenty of light and air, it is surprising how well 

 they do here, a great number of really good blooms being 

 produced by the bush plants growing in the borders, although 

 they are in a very low and confined situation, and one which 

 is far from being an ideal place for roses. Crimson Rambler 

 is very largely grown, and makes a fine patch of colour when 

 in bloom, Dorothy Perkins is also planted in profusion, and 

 makes very beautiful pictures in the garden — one such being 

 especially lovely where its exquisite pink is combined with 

 the purple of Clematis and the lavender of Buddleia variabilis. 

 Tea Rambler is another successful variety, and its pale pink 

 colour tones remarkably well with the grey walls of the 

 castle. Sinica anemone is a beautiful hybrid of species that 

 is quite at home on a wall facing due south, rather shy in 

 blooming, but most exquisite in its colouring. Many of the 

 old favourites of all sections are grown, besides a number of 

 the newer varieties, preference being always given to those 

 most sweetly scented. 



The garden has been considerably enriched by the planting 

 of many choice shrubs which, while helping to furnish it and 

 clothe its banks, form an excellent wind-break, the value of 

 which can scarcely be over-estimated in a garden so exposed 

 as a great portion of this is. A great many of the commoner 

 shrubs were originally planted, and planted thickly, in order 

 to cover the banks as soon as possible. Choicer subjects are 

 interposed, and, as these grow and gain in size and strength, 

 the commoner kinds are removed, leaving the better things 

 to fill their places. As a few choice shrubs have been added 

 year by year, the garden is becoming fairly rich in the lesser 

 known ones, though it will be some time before the full 

 value and beauty of these will be seen, small plants taking 

 a few years to develop and grow into specimen bushes. 

 Lilacs grow and flower very freely. And notwithstanding 

 Arbutus are supposed to be lime-hating subjects, they do 

 well on this chalky bank, both flowering and fruiting very 

 freely. Choisya ternata is another plant that seems thoroughly 

 at home here. It apparently enjoys the roasting it gets on 



