Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new (1908)
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, bart., 1845-, Wilson, Mary G. W., illus · London, E. Arnold · leaf 241
he vertical wall. Nymphs, agreeably discoloured,fauns picturesquely chipped, haunt the surroundinggroves, posed on pedestals beside the woodlandpaths; nor shall you look in vain for le petit dieu,dont les yeux sont caches, mais les fesses d, decouvert. Evidence of a genial climate abounds in… … ■fl BALCASKIE dove nesting in a myrtle trained to a height oftwenty feet on the wall. On the lower terrace isan immense Cornus {Benthamia) capitata occupyingthe whole space between two buttresses. It flowersabundantly, as a rule, which, as Mr. GeorgeCavendish would say, is a rare thing and seldomto…
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