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on reaching Miss Jekyll's garden, found a treat 

 in store. Wandering through the grass-and- 

 lieather woodland walks all our cares fell aw^ay. 

 The war-worn streets of London and even the 

 interminable reminders of the " Victory Loan " 

 were forgotten, and there was no necessity for 

 the vulgarity of a lettered announcement found 

 in many other gardens to tell us that " God 

 walks " in Miss Jekyll's woodland garden. Wel- 

 comed and entertained by the charming lady her- 

 self, we spent a delightful afternoon, and, 

 although informed that the garden is sadly let 

 down from its former state, we rejoiced that even 

 a world war could not destroy the beauty of so 

 natural a place. The house, designed by Sir 

 Edward Luytens and built of the stone of the 

 country, is situated on the edge of the wood, and 

 although the flower gardens contain much of 

 interest we found the wood itself the most charm- 



The soil consists chiefly of sand, so that for garden 

 purposes other ingredients have to be brought in. 

 Miss Jekyll told us that Tea and Hybrid Tea 

 Eoses do not succeed, but the Ramblers assuredly 

 flourish, and a few which have possessed them- 

 selves of tall crab trees were a beautiful sight 

 at the date of our visit. J. M. W. 



Popular Flowers. 



Delphiniums. 



Messrs. Watson, Clontarf Nurseries, Dublin, have 

 favoured us with a collection of cut spikes of 

 Delphiniums illustrative of the wonderful advance 

 made in these handsome plants of late years. 



Messrs. Watson make a speciality of Del- 

 phiniums, growing the best of the new varieties, 

 and the pick of the older sorts, some of ^vh]ch 

 are not yet outclassed. 



PiIIODODENDRONS .4T DrUMBK.\E', BaNTKY, Co. CoRK. 



ing. It must be exceptionally so when the 

 Azaleas are in bloom. In tlie underwood Whortle- 

 berries are abundant. Large colonies of Lily of 

 the Valley, Gum Cistus, Andromedas, Pernettyas, 

 Ericas, Doboecias, and kindred plants and shrubs 

 have been naturalised, and one returns to the 

 open under a dense canopy of bamboos. IJelow 

 the stone-terraced approach to the house we 

 entered the Nut Walk, which we recognised at 

 once from the illustration which appeared in Jhc 

 Garden some months ago. Passing vuider the 

 pine-covered pergola we entered the flower 

 gardens, which are sheltered by flourishing 

 hedges of Yew, Cypressus Lawsoniana and Horn- 

 beam. Here Rambler Roses and the Roses of 

 long ago were beautiful. Carried from iiillar to 

 pillar La Guirlande showed to advanvige; 

 Zephyrine Drouhin was there in all its sweetness, 

 and numerous other old-fashioned Roses capti- 

 vated one by their beaTity and fragrance. The 

 autumnal borders were responding to the recent 

 rains, and the Munstead Dwarf Lavender was in 

 its full beauty; there is no Lavender to equal it. 



The following were received : — 



D. Carnegie, a tall strong grower of fine appear- 

 ance, the outer petals of sky-blue, the inner soft 

 rosy mauve, centre blue with white eye ; the 

 flowers are over two inches across. 



D. Harry Smetham, a first rate grower produc- 

 ing large spikes bearing finely formed flowers 

 semi-double, of a clear porcelain blue. 



D. Lavanda, one of the newest sorts, producing 

 enormous spikes of very large semi-double flowers, 

 deep rosy-lavender in colour. 



D. Legionaire, a pa'-ticularly handsome variety 

 raised l)y Messrs. Lemoine of Nancy; spikes very 

 large and handsome, flowers deep gentian blue. 



D. Queen Mary, a beautiful sort, of an exquisite 

 silvery nemophila blue with sulphur centre. 



D. The Rev. Lascelles, an older variety but still 

 indispensable; good spikes bearing flowers of a 

 rich, deep, royal blue with a large white centre. 



D. Sergeant Beranger bears enormous flowers, 

 clear mauve margined blue, each with a dense 

 1)1 ack eye. 



D. Smoke of War, quite new, as the name be- 



