Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new (1908)
Maxwell, Herbert, Sir, 1845-1937, Wilson, Mary G.W., illus · London : E. Arnold · leaf 204
e 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, inais les /esses a decouvert. Evidence of a genial climate abounds in… … BALCASKIE dove nesting in a myrtle trained to a height oftwenty feet on the wall. On the lower terrace isan immense Cornus {Benthamia) cajAtata. occupyingthe whole space between two buttresses. It flowersabundantly, as a rule, which, as Mr. GeorgeCavendish would say, is a rare thing and seldomto be…
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