. Some English gardens;. tightly clinging to theold brick surface, the dried-up sucker and its tentacle, desiccated to aconsistency like iron wire. These are impossible to detach withoutabrasion of surface, while, if left, they show upon the brick as a scurfyeruption, as disfiguring to the wall-face as are the scars of smallpox on ahuman countenance. The iron-railed steps in the picture come down upon a grassy spacerather near its end. Behind the spectator it stretches away for quite fourtimes the length seen in the picture. It is bounded on the side oppositethe steps by a long rectangular fis
. Some English gardens;. tightly clinging to theold brick surface, the dried-up sucker and its tentacle, desiccated to aconsistency like iron wire. These are impossible to detach withoutabrasion of surface, while, if left, they show upon the brick as a scurfyeruption, as disfiguring to the wall-face as are the scars of smallpox on ahuman countenance. The iron-railed steps in the picture come down upon a grassy spacerather near its end. Behind the spectator it stretches away for quite fourtimes the length seen in the picture. It is bounded on the side oppositethe steps by a long rectangular fish-pond. The whole length of this isnot seen, for the grass walk narrows and passes between old yew hedges,one on the side of the pond, the other backed by some other trees againstthe kitchen garden wall, which is a prolongation of the terrace wall inthe picture. The garden is still beautifully kept, but owes much of its wealth of 12 BULWICK. THK GATEWAY KROM -l-HF. PICrURK IN IHF. IOSSKSMON OK Lord HE^JR^• CiRosvicxoR. hardy flowers to the planting of Lady Henry Grosvenor, whose fine tasteand great love of flowers made it in her day one of the best gardens ofhardy plants, and whose untimely death, in the very prime of life, wasalmost as much deplored by the best of the horticultural amateurs whoonly knew her by reputation, but were aware of her good work ingardening, as by her wide circle of personal friends. She had a special love for the flag-leaved Irises, and used them withvery fine effect. The borders that show to right and left of the stepshad them in large groups, and were masses of bloom in June ; otherplants, placed behind and between, succeeding them later. Lady Henrywas one of the first amateurs to perceive the value of planting in thislarge way, and, as she had ample spaces to deal with, the effects sheproduced were very fine, and must have been helpful in influencinghorticultural taste in a right direction. Another important portion of the garden at Bulwick is a
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