Rights for this book: Public domain in the USA. This edition is published by Project Gutenberg. Originally issued by Project Gutenberg on 2017-05-01. To support the work of Project Gutenberg, visit their Donation Page. This free ebook has been produced by GITenberg, a program of the Free Ebook Foundation. If you have corrections or improvements to make to this ebook, or you want to use the source files for this ebook, visit the book's github repository. You can support the work of the Free Ebook Foundation at their Contributors Page. The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Charm of Gardens, by Dion Clayton Calthrop This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license Title: The Charm of Gardens Author: Dion Clayton Calthrop Release Date: May 1, 2017 [EBook #54641] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHARM OF GARDENS *** Produced by MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) OTHER BEAUTIFUL BOOKS ON FLOWERS AND GARDENS Each containing full-page illustrations in colour similar to those in this volume F LOWERS AND G ARDENS OF J APAN A LPINE F LOWERS AND G ARDENS B RITISH F LORAL D ECORATION D UTCH B ULBS AND G ARDENS F LOWERS AND G ARDENS OF M ADEIRA T HE G ARDEN THAT I L OVE G ARDENS OF E NGLAND K EW G ARDENS A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON THE CHARM OF GARDENS AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 F IFTH A VENUE , NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 F LINDERS L ANE , MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LTD. S T . M ARTIN ’ S H OUSE , 70 B OND S TREET , TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY LTD. M ACMILLAN B UILDING , BOMBAY 309 B OW B AZAAR S TREET , CALCUTTA THE LAKE GARDEN AYSCOUGH FEE HALL, SPALDING. THE CHARM OF GARDENS BY DION CLAYTON CALTHROP WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR PUBLISHED BY . 4 SOHO SQUARE ADAM & CHARLES LONDON . . W. BLACK . . . . MCMXI . . . . The illustrations in this volume have been selected from volumes in Black’s Series of Beautiful Books TO F. M. MARSDEN WITHOUT WHOSE HELP THIS BOOK COULD NEVER HAVE BEEN WRITTEN FROM HER AFFECTIONATE SON-IN-LAW CONTENTS PART I A VIEW OF ENGLAND PAGE I. T HE S PIRIT OF G ARDENS 3 II. T HE G ARDEN OF E NGLAND : T HE P ATCHWORK Q UILT 10 III. A C OUNTRY L ANE : A M EMORY FROM A BROAD 18 IV F IELDS 23 V E PISODE OF THE C ONTENTED T AILOR 27 VI. T HE B LUEBELL W OOD AND THE C ALM S TONE D OG 35 VII. T HE T AILOR ’ S S ISTER ’ S T OMBSTONE 42 VIII. T HE C OTTAGE G ARDEN 54 IX. A F EAST OF W ILD S TRAWBERRIES 64 X. T HE P RAISES OF A C OUNTRY L IFE 71 PART II GARDENS AND HISTORY I. T HE R OMAN G ARDEN IN E NGLAND 75 II. S T . F IACRE , P ATRON S AINT OF G ARDENERS AND C AB -D RIVERS 88 III. E VELYN ’ S “S YLV A ” 96 PART III KALENDARIUM HORTENSE 108 PART IV GARDEN MOODS I. T OWN G ARDENS 151 II. T HE E FFECT OF T REES 163 III. A L OVER OF G ARDENS 182 IV O F THE C ROWN OF T HORNS 185 V O F A PPLES 187 VI. O F THE F IRST G ARDENER 189 VII. O F THE F IRST R OSES 191 VIII. O F THE A BBEY G ARDEN 193 IX. T HE O LYMPIAN A SPECT 195 X. E VENING R ED AND M ORNING G REY 204 XI. G ARDEN P ROMISES 213 XII. G ARDEN P ATHS 220 XIII. T HE G ARDENS OF THE D EAD 233 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. T HE L AKE G ARDEN , A YSCOUGH F EE H ALL , S PALDING Frontispiece Facing page 2. A P RIMROSE B ANK NEAR D ORKING vi 3. S IR W ALTER ’ S S UNDIAL , A BBOTSFORD 9 4. T HE W EALD OF K ENT , SHOWING THE C OUNTRY LIKE A P ATCHWORK Q UILT 16 5. P OPPIES IN S URREY 25 6. P ORCHES GROWN OVER WITH H ONEYSUCKLE AND R OSES AT B ROADWAY IN THE C OTSWOLDS 32 7. B LUEBELLS IN S URREY 41 8. A C OTTAGE G ARDEN 48 9. A S URREY C OTTAGE 57 10. P ATCHES OF H EATHER 64 11. A P ERGOLA IN AN E NGLISH G ARDEN 73 12. E NTRANCE TO THE G ARDENS , A YSCOUGH F EE H ALL , S PALDING 80 13. A C AB -D RIVER IN P ICCADILLY 89 14. A W OOD AT W OTTON , THE H OME OF J OHN E VELYN 96 15. T ULIPS IN THE “G ARDEN OF P EACE ” 105 16. A PPLE T REES 112 17. D AFFODILS IN A M IDDLESEX G ARDEN 121 18. A P OET ’ S O RCHARD IN K ENT 128 19. A K ENTISH G ARDEN IN A UTUMN 137 20. A H AMPSTEAD G ARDEN IN W INTER 144 21. A ZALEAS IN B LOOM , R OTTEN R OW 153 22. I N H YDE P ARK 160 23. T HE S EAT BENEATH THE O AK IN THE P OET L AUREATE ’ S G ARDEN 169 24. I N THE B OTANIC G ARDEN , O XFORD 176 25. T HE P RIDE OF S PRING , S URREY 185 26. A R OSE G ARDEN IN B ERKSHIRE 192 27. A S HEPHERD OF C ONISTON 201 28. A D OVECOTE IN A S USSEX G ARDEN 208 29. A N ORTHAMPTONSHIRE G ARDEN 217 30. A P ATH IN A R OSE G ARDEN 224 31. A C HURCHYARD IN THE C OTSWOLDS 235 32. A UTUMN C OLOUR AT B ONCHURCH O LD C HURCH NEAR V ENTNOR 238