. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Gardens for Small Cowttry Houses. 17 CHAPTER III.—A GARDEN IN BERKSHIRE. Roses Grown as " Foimtains"—Brick Dry-walling—Stone-edged Water Garden—Refined Detail and Ornaments. ON the outskirts of the village, a high old wall, with massive buttresses and well-wrought coping, encloses a beautiful new house of moderate size, designed by Mr. Lutyens, and a piece of ground of something under three acres. The land, when taken in hand, was old garden- and orchard, with a strong westerly slope ; the soil a rich loam of calcareous character
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Gardens for Small Cowttry Houses. 17 CHAPTER III.—A GARDEN IN BERKSHIRE. Roses Grown as " Foimtains"—Brick Dry-walling—Stone-edged Water Garden—Refined Detail and Ornaments. ON the outskirts of the village, a high old wall, with massive buttresses and well-wrought coping, encloses a beautiful new house of moderate size, designed by Mr. Lutyens, and a piece of ground of something under three acres. The land, when taken in hand, was old garden- and orchard, with a strong westerly slope ; the soil a rich loam of calcareous character. The lower part had been the apple orchard, but the greater number of the trees were dead, and many of the remainder so much crippled that but little compunction stood in the way of the removal of a certain number to make way for the new garden design. The house is approached directly by a door in the wall to the road ; an arched passage and a paved court with a fountain leading to the main entrance. Another doorway, close to the eastern angle, leads straight into the garden by way of a paved, rose-covered pergola. Between this and the house is a small rose garden. The path is now intersected by the wider terrace running parallel with the south face of the house ; but proceeding in the original direction the paved path leads to a further. FIG. 19.—THE GARLAND ROSE. POINT OF VIEW " B'' ON GENERAL PLAN (fIG. 20).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London : Published at the offices of Country Life . .. and by George Newnes . .. ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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