Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932, Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green & Co. · leaf 280
that is quite in character in a garden of smaller proportion,but would here be out of place. A narrow box edging, just a trim lineof green, has within it a good width of the foliage of Cerastium. Thebloom, of course, was over by the middle of June, but the close carpet ofdowny white leaf remains as… … idea of the general scale of grand effect that follows the carrying out ofthe design and intention of its accomplished mistress. For here thingsare done largely and yet without obtrusive ostentation. They seem justright in scale. For instance, in the house are some great columns ; hugemonoliths of…
Gardens · Landscape gardening
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