Book of Gardens 
65 
On either side of 
the pergola steps are 
large clipped bay 
trees. The border 
planting under the 
wall includes bright 
poppies and stately 
lilies, primroses and 
Solomon’s Seal, 
peonies and iris, 
with spireas and tall 
roses against the 
wall and climbing 
roses above. 
The formality of 
the garden is ac¬ 
counted for by pyra¬ 
midal box specimens 
placed at regular in¬ 
tervals along the 
edge of the middle 
path and the box by which the beds are bor¬ 
dered. In the beds are all the well-loved 
perennials and some annuals—delphinium and 
digitalis, Campanula, iris, daisies, snap¬ 
dragons, peonies, poppies, feverfew, heliotrope. 
Phlox, that splendid color contribution to any 
garden, has been judiciously and effectively 
used in various shades of pink and white. 
This is a walled garden, the forest at the 
upper side being cut off by a high retaining 
wall covered with vines and apple trees on 
espaliers. Beneath the walls are hollyhocks, 
small roses, iris and 
buddleia. The low¬ 
er wall of the garden 
is not so high be¬ 
cause—and this is 
the surprise! — the 
slope below it 
stretches down to 
the sea. 
Bisecting the gar¬ 
den are two paths, at 
the end of which are 
pretty garden orna¬ 
ments — bird baths 
and satyrs looking 
out from a bower of 
roses, an old stone 
well-head, and 
benches set in shady, 
secluded corners 
among fine plantings 
of rhododendrons and grapevines. 
The sea beyond, the rock-ribbed hills behind; 
inside these walls, comfortable formality, soft 
grass paths, touches of statuary, a lily pool 
mirroring the sky and color from early spring 
to the first frost of autumn. 
Ape rspectiv e 
view shows the 
design of the 
beds, the pool 
and pergola cov¬ 
ered with vines 
Little side paths 
lead to hidden 
glimpses of great 
loveliness in col¬ 
or and profu¬ 
sion of blossom 
