jANt'ABT 4, 1913. 
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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
very noticeable. A herbaceous border, well 
filled with good things, leads to the nor¬ 
thern outskirts of the terrace, where one 
comes upon fine large masses of the golden¬ 
leaved Weigela and of rose Blanche Double 
de Coubert, bold plantings of Buddleia 
variabilis, and of splendid Freneh lilacs in 
variety, of forsythias, pyrus, and primus. 
Stately yews, some of great size and age, 
lead towards the evergreen Sundial, which, 
with its hours and Latin motto, is worked 
in box, acfid set within a handsome hedge of 
Cistus ladaniferus. 
Close by is the old parish church of 
Nuneham, a small and beautifully-kept 
structure, with fine hammered-iron door¬ 
ways, and memorial tablets and medallions 
that keep in mind the Harcourts of bygone 
days. In the little churchyard, a verit- 
west and north. Some idea of its beauty 
may be gained from one of the accompany¬ 
ing illustrations. Splendid beech, elm, and 
oak trees abound and form a fine setting 
for the rhododendrons, groups of new Chi¬ 
nese trees and shrubs, the pool and bog 
garden, and the little lake below, while 
away beyond the trees the Thames winds 
away northward to where the spires of 
Oxford rise in the distance. 
llhododendrons are fine, in the natural 
soil, and the foreground of the picture is 
occupied by a large group or bed of R. 
Pink Pearl. Near by is a large group of 
the handsome Buddleia variabilis Veitchi 
and a plantation of almonds. 
Among the choicer shrubs along the 
.slopes of The Dell are Olearia macrodonta, 
Fremontia californica, Nandina domestica. 
Rough-flagged pathways lead down to 
the lower water garden, and narrower walks 
of flat stones lead amid the moist and 
boggy surroundings of this lower pool. 
Though only two years have pass-td since 
this part of the garden was designed and 
planted, the sheltered position has favoured 
the plants, and they have made good pro¬ 
gress. Iris Kjempferi has a quite large 
piece of bog to itself, but other moisture- 
loving irises are planted freely. Bamboos, 
phormiums, Mimulus Lewisi, trolliuses, 
hellebores. Primula japonica, hemerocallis. 
Fuchsia Riccartoni, Senecio Clivorum, and 
Ruscus racemosus, all do uncommonly well, 
and indicate the great variety of plants 
used in beautifying a piece of ground 
that was previously something of an eye¬ 
sore. 
THE 
able rose garden, lie the remains of the 
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilham Harcourt, a famous 
statesman and parliamentarian, who passed 
away in 1904. In the little church the fol¬ 
lowing words are carved in his memory: 
“ At least, not rotting like a weed. 
But having sown some generous seed. 
Fruitful of further thought and deed, 
In some good cause, not in mine own 
I perish, wept for, honoured, known. 
And, like a warrior, overthrown.” 
Around this spot the little village of 
Nuneham once stood, quite near the man¬ 
sion, but the first Lord Harcourt had the 
village moved a mile or so away, to the 
side of the London Road, about the year 
1710. 
The Dell a.nd Water Garden. 
One of the fairest scenes at Nuneham 
Park is to be obtained from a point just 
outside the little church, looking north- 
NYMPH^A GARDEN AT NUNEHAM VA 
Viburnum macrocephala. Eucalyptus Whit- 
tinghamei from Mr. A. J. Balfour’s home 
in the South of Scotland ; the handsome E. 
coccifera, Colletia cruciata, and several 
specimens of our hardiest palm—Trachy- 
carpus excelsa. Here, too, are examples 
of many of Mr. E. H. Wilson’s plants, col¬ 
lected in China. 
In the pool are water lilies, and all 
around in marshy ground are large groups 
of Primula japonica, P. unique, spirseas, 
and astilbes in variety, and Keemp- 
fers Iris, with Lilium Henryi and L. 
rubellum thriving a little further 
from the water, with hardy cypri- 
pediums as near neighbours. Great masses 
of Hart’s-tongue ferns are grouped around 
the base of an old elm tree on the slopes, 
and above these a. breadth of the Red 
Or ache is annually sown, and it provides a 
splendid bit of colouring during the summer 
and autumn. 
A gently rising walk’ leads from this 
water garden round towards the nortliem 
end of the mansion. This was cut out of 
the sloping ground, consequently a retain¬ 
ing wall was necessary on the higher side. 
Mr. Miinday, the head gardener, conceived 
the idea of making a rockery wall in this 
position, and carried it out by using wedge- 
shaped pieces of stone obtained from Abing¬ 
don. x4bove this wall, and under the trees, 
bulbous irises, narcissi, breadths of hardy 
cyclamen, snowdrops, and the exquisite 
Muscari c-onicum Heavenly Blue fill the 
ground, and in their several seasons provide 
charming floral pictures. On the lower 
side of the path roses are freely planted, 
with flowering shrubs and groups of Pam¬ 
pas grass. 
The wall itself extends for about ten 
chains, and was built about six years ago. 
Popular subjects, such as aubrietias, free- 
growing saxifragas and sedums, Heuchera 
