Some English gardens; (1904) (14766589904)

Identifier: someenglishgarde00jeky (find matches)
Title: Some English gardens;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932 Elgood, George Samuel, 1851-
Subjects: Gardens Landscape gardening
Publisher: London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green & Co.
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries



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form a back-ground to the bright flowers and to a statue on apedestal. The intended effect is not yet finished, for the trellis at theback of the borders is hardly covered with its rambling Roses, whichwill complete the picture by adding the needed height that will bring itinto proper relation with the tall yews. There is a cleverly inventededging which gives added dignity as well as regularity, and obviates theusual falling over of some of the contents of the border on to the path ;an incident that is quite in character in a garden of smaller proportion,but would here be out of place. A narrow box edging, just a trim lineof green, has within it a good width of the foliage of Cerastium. Thebloom, of course, was over by the middle of June, but the close carpet ofdowny white leaf remains as a grey-white edging throughout the summerand autumn. Though this border shows bold masses of flowers, it scarcely gives an I02 ST. ANNES, CLONTARF FROM THE PICTURE IN THE POSSESSION OF Miss Mannering
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idea of the general scale of grand effect that follows the carrying out ofthe design and intention of its accomplished mistress. For here thingsare done largely and yet without obtrusive ostentation. They seem justright in scale. For instance, in the house are some great columns ; hugemonoliths of green Galway marble. It is only when details are examinedthat it is perceived how splendid they are, and only when the mastertells the story, that the difficulty of transporting them from the West ofIreland can be appreciated. For they were quarried in one piece, andbridges broke under their immense weight. At one point in theirjourney they sank into a bog, and their rescue, and indeed their wholejourney and final setting up at its end, entailed a series of engineeringfeats of no small difficulty. AUCHINCRUIVE The mild climate of south-western Scotland is most advantageous forgardening. Hydrangeas and Myrtles flourish, Fuchsias grow into busheseight to ten feet high. Mr. Oswalds garden lies