Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new (1908)
Maxwell, Herbert, Sir, Wilson, Mary G. W., [from old catalog] illus · New York, Longmans, Green & co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 204
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,drnit les yeux sont caches, inais les fesses 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) capitata 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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