Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Gardeners' Chronicle, Vol. 68: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Horticulture and Allied Subjects; June to December, 1920
Another enclosure, known as the Narcissus garden, contains many raised beds enclosed by wooden borders. Japanese Acers are a. (feature of this garden in summer, and the low retains ing stone wall is gay with Roses, amongst them the newer Rosa Moyesii, which was covered with its numerous dark red, single blossoms, Passing through the Japanese garden, which includes a collection of pigmy trees, Wistarias, stone lanterns, and other Japanese subjects, a quiet retreat known as The Cloisters is reached. This is enclosed by a Yew hedge some 10-12 feet high, pierced with windows. It includes a line sward of grass decorated with stone ornaments, and numerous handsome Wistarias, ?owering abundantly. The path leads down to another terraced garden known as the Paved Court, containing rectangular beds with Bay trees in tubs at the corners. The beds are planted with Lilium Henryi over a ground of Heliotropes and Lantanas. We noticed some fine, old, dwarf Conifers, in handsome Japanese ware, and another beautiful feature is Vitis armata clambering above the stonework of a dripping well.
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