. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . the house. Ifit be a merit, and I hold it to be no slight one,that a garden should have a distinct character ofits own, that merit may be justly claimed for thegarden of Sunderland Hall. It is set upon the steepground rising abruptly from the north side of thehouse. Here is none of that tiresome aflectationwhich thrusts the garden proper out of sight andprepares a few formal borders as a set-ofl to thearchitects design. The garden here is part andparcel of the dwelling, a suite of roofless apart-ments as it
. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . the house. Ifit be a merit, and I hold it to be no slight one,that a garden should have a distinct character ofits own, that merit may be justly claimed for thegarden of Sunderland Hall. It is set upon the steepground rising abruptly from the north side of thehouse. Here is none of that tiresome aflectationwhich thrusts the garden proper out of sight andprepares a few formal borders as a set-ofl to thearchitects design. The garden here is part andparcel of the dwelling, a suite of roofless apart-ments as it were, into which you can pass at anymoment through a pretty gate of wrought iron,with no more trouble than going upstairs. Upstairs,however, you must go, for, as aforesaid, the groundis very steep, and is cut into a series of terraces,plentifully stocked with choice flowering plants inluxuriant health. The sense of moving through asuite of apartments is confirmed by the solid wallsof clipped yew which sub-divide the slope in alldirections, and by the carpet-like texture of the 140. SUNDERLAND HALL fine sward under foot. There are also retainingwalls of stone, one of the delightful featureswhich remain in memory being a fine specimenof the Austrian copper rose, whereof the brilliantgarlands were charmingly set ofl by the grey masonryto which the plant is trained. It is a cruel mis-nomer that this fine briar is called copper, forthere is nothing metallic in the intense, yet velvety,glow of the petals. It is a rose unmatched in colourby any other, and would be far more commonlygrown had not fashion decreed that ofposition (and others) must spend the sweet o theyear in sun-baked streets, thereby stimulating floriststo the production of late-flowering varieties. It wouldbe impossible to have clipped yew in better con-dition than those under charge of Mr. Harvey, thehead gardener; and, forasmuch as experts difler asto the best seasons for clipping evergreens, personswhom it
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