The Rose Garden at Sonning by Mortimer Menpes, R.I.. Watercolor. Source: The Thames, 74. Text and formatting by George P. Landow. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the University of Toronto and the Internet Archive and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite it in a print one.]
THERE are certain notable details of
the river-side which stand out in the mind after
the rest have been merged in mere general remembrance of lazy
happiness. In these we may include the backwater at
Sutton Courtney, the woods at Clieveden, the Mill at Mapledurham,
and the Rose Garden at Sonning. Roses grow
well all along by the river, but nowhere so
well as they do at Sonning, and the rose
garden forms an attraction which draws hundreds
to the place. [72-73]
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Menpes, Mortimer, R.I., and G[eraldine]. E[dith]. Mitton. The Thames. London: A. & C. Black, 1906. Internet Archive version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 18 April 2012.