. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. High Coxlease, Lyndhiirst. 15 enchanted at least one eager boj^ " Can you tell the slot of a brocket from a stag ? Obviously it is the place for brockets. If, however, we must stand upon the letter of the law, High Coxlease, though in the world of the New Forest, is not of it. It is the freehold of the Crown, and leased to the owner of the house which the illustrations show embowered in its trees, but it has nothing to do with the true forest land. 'I he planting of High Coxlease is also modern, as the forest goes, for it was done with tlie res
. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. High Coxlease, Lyndhiirst. 15 enchanted at least one eager boj^ " Can you tell the slot of a brocket from a stag ? Obviously it is the place for brockets. If, however, we must stand upon the letter of the law, High Coxlease, though in the world of the New Forest, is not of it. It is the freehold of the Crown, and leased to the owner of the house which the illustrations show embowered in its trees, but it has nothing to do with the true forest land. 'I he planting of High Coxlease is also modern, as the forest goes, for it was done with tlie rest of the property somewhere about 1830. The plantation was made to some purpose, for it has a finely mature aspect, and no more clearing was allowed than seemed absolutely needful for house and garden. The picture of the entrance front shows the drive fringed with bracken and the roof framed in foliage, and, indeed, it is impossible to make anything like a general survey of the house save through a foreground broken by trees. This setting of the wild has been respected in a wise spirit. As the ground slopes southward the lawn is bounded by a retaining wall, beyond which a delightful rock and water garden has been made. The water itself makes a home for many of the beautiful hybrid water- lilies evolved by the genius of M. Tatour Marliac. The introduction of these dainty flowers, embracing as the}' do a wide range of colours, has completely revolutionised the art of water-gardening in this country, and has given it fresh scope and purpose. The accompanying picture shows how well they thrive at Tyndhurst. In the rather flat rock garden which frames the pool, choice ex- amples of interesting saxifrages with encrusted leaves find a congenial place, and their silvery foliage makes an attractive feature during those winter months when other plants are at their worst. Many another pilgrim from the Upper Alps flourishes in this rockery, while elsewhere in the garden some rare sorts of
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