Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)
Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 93
many a dead head, more than one massof withered foliage, through which an errant nasturtiummay send a flash of colour ; but the whole effect, the grey,and the scarlet, and the yellow of the late flowers, thecoppery sheen of the lingering foliage, the soft warm redof the wall behind, and the purple… … ENTRANCE TO THE KITCHEN GARDEN. exquisite groupings of colour than for variety of level. Theyare tumbling waves of purple, and lilac, and palest lavender,and white ; and in front of them is a broad edging of whitepinks, in the summer a blaze of fragrant white against a greenbackground, in winter…
Gardens
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