. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Millmead^ Br am ley. nearly filled with rock pinks ; just at the top is an irregular row of dwarf lavender, the short-stemmed, dark-flowered kind that blooms in Julyânearly a month sooner than the larger ordinary lavenderâand at the back of this is a hedge of hardy fuchsia. Further flights of steps, on the same middle line, lead down to the lowest level, which is some five feet above that of the meadow. In the narrow border next the meadow are only low shrubs, the better to see the pleasant prospect of mead and millstream, though there are
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. Millmead^ Br am ley. nearly filled with rock pinks ; just at the top is an irregular row of dwarf lavender, the short-stemmed, dark-flowered kind that blooms in Julyânearly a month sooner than the larger ordinary lavenderâand at the back of this is a hedge of hardy fuchsia. Further flights of steps, on the same middle line, lead down to the lowest level, which is some five feet above that of the meadow. In the narrow border next the meadow are only low shrubs, the better to see the pleasant prospect of mead and millstream, though there are one or two posts for roses, and a wild clematis that forms garlands from post to post. At the southern corner, where there is an odd angle, the third summer-house was built, a wooden structure on a brick foundation, weather- boarded outside and also elm- boarded within. A wide window with casements and lead lights looks out on to the meadow. The little place is of a queer shape, and yet seems roomy. It is thickly roofed with straw thatch. In winter it is curiously comfort- ableâalways feeling dry and warm. Near it outside is the dipping well, which was built to take advantage of a natural spring, one of the many that feed the stream. It is built up with a Bargate wall about three feet out of the ground. On this a pair of the old ship pillars supports a beam with a pulley for the rope that dips and pulls up the bucket. A little tiled roof is built over, now nearly hidden by the growth of a chmbing rose -,,â,, . â -, ^ , and the wfld clematis. Next to the bank and holly hedge which form the eastern boundary, a sloping path on a lower level runs the whole way down, forming a convenient barrow-way with access to each FIG. 10.âTHE DIPPING WELL. POINT OF VIEW GENERAL PLAN (FIG. 4). ON. 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 perf
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