CHAPTER XVII

FORM IN PLANTING 138

INDEX 143

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WHITE LILIES _Frontispiece_

IRIS STYLOSA _To face page_ 4

MAGNOLIA CONSPICUA " " 5

MAGNOLIA STELLATA " " 6

FERNS IN THE BULB BORDER " " 7

THE BANK OF EARLY BULBS " " 7

DAFFODILS BY A WOODLAND PATH " " 10

WILD PRIMROSES IN THIN WOODLAND " " 11

THE WIDE WOOD PATH " " 12

CISTUS LAURIFOLIUS " " 13

A WOOD PATH AMONG CHESTNUTS " " 14

A WOOD PATH AMONG BIRCHES " " 15

CISTUS CYPRIUS " " 16

CISTUS BY THE WOOD PATH " " 17

GAULTHERIA SHALLON IN FLOWER " " 18

GAULTHERIA SHALLON IN FRUIT " " 19

WHITE IRISH HEATH " " 20

THE SPRING GARDEN FROM =D= ON PLAN " " 21

PLAN OF THE SPRING GARDEN " " 23

THE FERN-LIKE SWEET CICELY " " 24

THE SPRING GARDEN FROM =E= ON PLAN " " 25

"FURTHER ROCK" FROM =G= ON PLAN " " 28

"FURTHER ROCK" FROM =H= ON PLAN " " 29

"NEAR ROCK" FROM =F= ON PLAN " " 30

THE PRIMROSE GARDEN " " 31

STEPS TO THE HIDDEN GARDEN " " 32

PHLOX DIVARICATA AND ARENARIA MONTANA " " 33

MALE FERN IN THE HIDDEN GARDEN " " 34

EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA " " 35

PLAN OF THE HIDDEN GARDEN " " 35

EUPHORBIA WULFENII " " 36

IRISES AND LUPINES IN THE JUNE GARDEN " " 37

PART OF THE GARLAND ROSE AT THE ANGLE " " 39

ROSE BLUSH GALLICA ON DRY WALLING " " 42

SPANISH IRIS " " 43

PLAN OF THE JUNE GARDEN " " 44

PLAN OF IRIS AND LUPINE BORDERS " " 44

WHITE TREE LUPINE " " 46

CATMINT IN JUNE " " 47

SCOTCH BRIARS " " 48

GERANIUM IBERICUM PLATYPHYLLUM " " 49

THE FLOWER BORDER IN LATE SUMMER " " 50

THE CROSS WALK " " 51

THE EAST END OF THE FLOWER BORDER " " 52

PLAN OF THE MAIN FLOWER BORDER " " 53

GOOD STAKING--CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA " " 54

CAREFUL STAKING OF MICHAELMAS DAISIES " " 55

WHITE ROSE LA GUIRLANDE; GREY BORDERS BEYOND " " 60

CLEMATIS RECTA " " 61

DELPHINIUM BELLADONNA " " 62

CANTERBURY BELLS " " 63

ROSE THE GARLAND IN A SILVER HOLLY " " 64

ERYNGIUM OLIVERIANUM " " 65

TALL CAMPANULAS IN A GREY BORDER " " 66

YUCCA FILAMENTOSA " " 70

THE GREY BORDERS: STACHYS, &C. " " 71

A LAVENDER HEDGE " " 74

ÆSCULUS AND OLEARIA " " 75

PLAN OF GARDEN OF CHINA ASTERS " " 77

SOME OF THE EARLY ASTERS " " 78

THE SEPTEMBER GARDEN " " 79

THE SEPTEMBER GARDEN " " 80

THE SEPTEMBER GARDEN " " 80

BEGONIAS WITH MEGASEA FOLIAGE " " 80

EARLY ASTERS AND PYRETHRUM ULIGINOSUM " " 81

PLAN OF SEPTEMBER BORDERS " " 81

GARLAND ROSE, WHERE GARDEN JOINS WOOD " " 84

POLYGONUM AND MEGASEA AT A WOOD EDGE " " 84

LILIES AND FUNKIAS AT A SHRUBBERY EDGE " " 84

OLEARIA GUNNI, FERN AND FUNKIA " " 85

FERNS AND LILIES AT A SHRUBBERY EDGE " " 86

GYPSOPHILA AND MEGASEA " " 87

LILIES AND FERNS AT THE WOOD EDGE " " 88

SMALL WIRE-STEMMED ASTER; SECOND YEAR " " 88

SMALL WIRE-STEMMED ASTER; THIRD YEAR " " 88

STOBÆA PURPUREA " " 89

THE GREY BORDERS: GYPSOPHILA, ECHINOPS, &C. " " 92

OCTOBER BORDERS OF MICHAELMAS DAISIES " " 92

A SEPTEMBER GREY GARDEN " " 92

THE GREY BORDER: PINK HOLLYHOCK, &C. " " 93

PLANS OF SPECIAL COLOUR GARDENS " " 93

A DETAIL OF THE GREY SEPTEMBER GARDEN " " 100

YUCCAS AND GREY FOLIAGE " " 102

A FRONT EDGE OF GREY FOLIAGE " " 103

HARDY GRAPE VINE ON SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE " " 106

HARDY GRAPE VINE ON HOUSE WALL " " 107

VINE AND FIG AT DOOR OF MUSHROOM HOUSE " " 108

CLEMATIS MONTANA AT ANGLE OF COURT " " 108

CLEMATIS MONTANA OVER WORKSHOP WINDOW " " 108

CLEMATIS MONTANA TRAINED AS GARLANDS " " 108

CLEMATIS FLAMMULA AND SPIRÆA LINDLEYANA " " 108

ABUTILON VITIFOLIUM " " 108

IPOMŒA "HEAVENLY BLUE" " " 108

SOLANUM JASMINOIDES " " 108

CLEMATIS FLAMMULA ON ANGLE OF COTTAGE " " 108

CLEMATIS FLAMMULA ON COTTAGE " " 109

CLEMATIS FLAMMULA ON A WOODEN FENCE " " 110

SWEET VERBENA " " 111

POT PLANTS JUST PLACED " " 112

PLANTS IN POTS IN THE SHADED COURT " " 112

MAIDEN'S WREATH (FRANCOA RAMOSA) " " 112

MAIDEN'S WREATH BY TANK " " 113

GERANIUMS, &C., IN A STONE-EDGED BED " " 116

MAIDEN'S WREATH IN POTS ABOVE TANK " " 116

FUNKIA, HYDRANGEA AND LILY IN THE SHADED COURT " " 116

FUNKIA AND LILIUM SPECIOSUM " " 117

LILIUM AURATUM " " 120

A TUB HYDRANGEA " " 120

STEPS AND HYDRANGEAS " " 120

THE NARROW SOUTH LAWN " " 121

HYDRANGEA TUBS AND BIRCH-TREE SEAT " " 124

HYDRANGEA TUBS AND NUT WALK " " 124

WHITE LILIES " " 124

THE STEPS AND THEIR INCIDENTS " " 125

PLAN--THE BEAUTIFUL FRUIT GARDEN " " 129

PLAN--A WILD HEATH GARDEN " " 139

COLOUR IN THE FLOWER GARDEN