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House & Garden 
The simplest form of Illy pool is the 
small rectangular basin sunk in the 
lawn. The example here has a plain 
stone coping, and, the water is kept 
close to the level of the rim. In the 
background is a long border of iris 
Diana’s Bath at Penshurst Place, Surrey, once the 
home of Sir Philip Sidney, and one of the famous 
old gardens of England, contains this pool. Its 
severe lines are modified by the lily pads and flowers 
(Below) Groups of pink spiraea and golden ranun¬ 
culus fringe the margin of this informal lily pool. 
The rocks on the shady side of the pool are planted 
with ferns. Rock plants grow in the path’s crevices 
