PART IV

GARDEN MOODS

I. TOWN GARDENS 151

II. THE EFFECT OF TREES 163

III. A LOVER OF GARDENS 182

IV. OF THE CROWN OF THORNS 185

V. OF APPLES 187

VI. OF THE FIRST GARDENER 189

VII. OF THE FIRST ROSES 191

VIII. OF THE ABBEY GARDEN 193

IX. THE OLYMPIAN ASPECT 195

X. EVENING RED AND MORNING GREY 204

XI. GARDEN PROMISES 213

XII. GARDEN PATHS 220

XIII. THE GARDENS OF THE DEAD 233

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. THE LAKE GARDEN, AYSCOUGH FEE HALL, SPALDING _Frontispiece_

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2. A PRIMROSE BANK NEAR DORKING vi

3. SIR WALTER’S SUNDIAL, ABBOTSFORD 9

4. THE WEALD OF KENT, SHOWING THE COUNTRY LIKE A PATCHWORK QUILT 16

5. POPPIES IN SURREY 25

6. PORCHES GROWN OVER WITH HONEYSUCKLE AND ROSES AT BROADWAY IN THE COTSWOLDS 32

7. BLUEBELLS IN SURREY 41

8. A COTTAGE GARDEN 48

9. A SURREY COTTAGE 57

10. PATCHES OF HEATHER 64

11. A PERGOLA IN AN ENGLISH GARDEN 73

12. ENTRANCE TO THE GARDENS, AYSCOUGH FEE HALL, SPALDING 80

13. A CAB-DRIVER IN PICCADILLY 89

14. A WOOD AT WOTTON, THE HOME OF JOHN EVELYN 96

15. TULIPS IN THE “GARDEN OF PEACE” 105

16. APPLE TREES 112

17. DAFFODILS IN A MIDDLESEX GARDEN 121

18. A POET’S ORCHARD IN KENT 128

19. A KENTISH GARDEN IN AUTUMN 137

20. A HAMPSTEAD GARDEN IN WINTER 144

21. AZALEAS IN BLOOM, ROTTEN ROW 153

22. IN HYDE PARK 160

23. THE SEAT BENEATH THE OAK IN THE POET LAUREATE’S GARDEN 169

24. IN THE BOTANIC GARDEN, OXFORD 176

25. THE PRIDE OF SPRING, SURREY 185

26. A ROSE GARDEN IN BERKSHIRE 192

27. A SHEPHERD OF CONISTON 201

28. A DOVECOTE IN A SUSSEX GARDEN 208

29. A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GARDEN 217

30. A PATH IN A ROSE GARDEN 224

31. A CHURCHYARD IN THE COTSWOLDS 235

32. AUTUMN COLOUR AT BONCHURCH OLD CHURCH NEAR VENTNOR 238