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that  we  may  produce  with  it,  might  well  be  termed  a  luumain 
of  life  and  scenery.”  It  was  when  recently  viewing  the  streamlet 
garden  at  The  Uplands  that  the  foregoing  panegyrc  recurred  to  my 
mind,  so  descriptive  was  it  of  the  beautiful  scene,  although  of  a  purely 
artificial  character.  Yet  so  well  ha  1  the  designer  execiittd  his  work, 
that,  aided  by  Time’s  benignant  influence,  as  to  rival  Nature  in  one  of 
her  most  attractive  garbs.  • 
Reverting  to  the  arrangement  of  The  Uplands’  streamlet,  the 
length  and  steepness  of  the  natural  surface  of  the  ground  lent  itself 
admirably  to  the  (ormation  and  the  carrying  out  of  "the  design.  The 
sides  and  bottoms  of  the  lakelets  were  tormed  ot  concrete  lined  with 
cement,  so  as  to  retain  the  water  at  all  times,  and  more  especially 
when  even  the  artificial  supply  might  be  temporarily  cut  off.  There 
confrere  Hypericum  calyeinum.  Covering  a  bold  rock  was  a  mass 
of  Lithospermum  prostration,  an  I  in  the  late  spring  season  its 
masses  of  turquoise  blue  flowers  must  present  a  charming  effect. 
Elegant  fronds  of  various  Ferns  lent  grace  to  the  scene.  Heaths, 
Spiraea  John  Waterer,  and  other  varieties  of  the  genus  also  contributed 
materially  to  the  <  ffVct,  and  particularly  attractive  were  two  or  three 
examples  of  pure  white  flowered  Briar,  Rosa  Wichuriana,  known 
also  as  the  Memorial  Rose,  depending  over  large  boulders  down  to  the- 
surface  ot  the  water. 
Plants  and  shrubs  in  the  largir  and  deeper  lakelets,  in  closer 
proximity  to  the  bg  pool,  afforded,  as  it  were,  a  framework  to  the 
picture,  whilst  also  doing  duty  were  to  be  observed  several  kinds  of' 
semi-aquatic  plants,  such  as  the  strikingly  effective  Cat’s-tail  (Typha- 
Fig.  35.— AN  IDEAL  ROCK  GARDEN. 
is  such  an  abundant  supply  of  water  at  command,  that  either  a 
diminutive  rivulet  or  a  rushing  stream  is  always  under  control.  Each 
lakelet  is  furnished  with  a  kind  of  vegetation  different  from  ifs  fellow. 
For  instance,  a  charming  effect  was  produced  by  a  flourishing  plant 
of  one  of  Mons.  Marliac’s  red-flowered  Nymphseas  in  bloom,  and  being 
alone  in  possession  of  the  shallow  bed.  In  another  portion  was  to  be 
observed  a  mass  of  a  small  yellow  flowered  Lily,  while  in  a  third 
Humboldt’s  yellow-flowered  Liinnocharis  was  seen  to  advantage, 
additional  life  being  afforded  the  scene  by  the  presence  in  one  or  two 
of  the  lakelets  of  golden  carp,  disporting  themselves  in  the  brilliant 
sunlight,  or  seeking  retirement  beneath  an  umbrageous  leaf. 
Numerous  other  similar  charming  effects  could  be  given  relative  to 
this  especial  scene,  and  particularly  in  regard  to  those  produced  by  the 
varied  appropriate  shrubs  and  plants  bordering  in  rich  and  elegant 
profusion  on  the  sides  of  the  bold  rocky  stream  Prominent  among  these 
is  a  group  of  the  small  yellow  flowered  Tutsan  (Hypericum  Moser- 
ianum),  with,  on  the  opposite  side  a  large  batch  of  its  Emerald  Isle 
latifolia),  various  Reeds,  including  examples  of  the  beautiful  Arundo 
phragmites  aurea,  an  accompanying  subject  being  the  Lyme  Grass 
(Elymus  arenarius)  and  E.  giganteum,  the  graceful  Cyperus  longus 
and  the  Great  Spearworf,  Ranunculus  lingua  grandiflora,  Eulalia, 
japonic  i  tsebrina,  Day  Lilies  (Hemerocallis),  and  the  elegant  Gynerium 
argen’eum,  examples  of  which  grow  freely  as  semi-aquatics  on  rocky 
mounds.  Several  varieties'of  Marliac’s Nymphaeas, including N. exquisita, 
N.  odorata  alba,  N.  Laydekeri  lilacea,  and  N.  Laydekeri  rosea  played 
their  part  in  this  ideal  scene.  It  should  also  be  stated  that,  growing 
in  near  proximity  to  the  lake,  several  large  plrnts  of  the  tall  Rudbeckia 
Golden  Globe  formed  a  striding  feature  amid  the  vegetation  around, 
and  charming,  too,  must  have  been  when  in  flower  the  numerous 
plants  of  Iris  Kasmpferi,  growing  freely  at  the  edge  of  the  water. 
Did  space  permit  much  more  could  be  written  of  the  manifold 
attractions  of  The  Uplands,  and  its  superb  rock  and  water  garden,  but 
perhaps  the  few  imperfict  pen  and  ink  sketches,  with  the  accom¬ 
panying  photographic  picture,  will  afford  the  reader  some  little  idea  of 
