CONTENTS 



LETTER VI 



FAGK 



Selection of Pictures at the R.A. Iris Susiana Difficulties 

 of its Culture Author's Method The Mourning Iris 

 Description of Flower Iris Tuberosa Tulips Tulipa 

 Greigi Toads in Greenhouse Toad Changing its Skin 

 Wood-lice "Old Sows" Wren Cuckoo Wryneck . 41 



LETTER VII 



4 



"Jews' Mallow" Kerria Japonica Corchorus Next-door 

 Neighbours A Funeral in the Forties Old Friends and 

 "Real" Flowers Pine-apple Place Reminiscences of 

 Childhood 51 



LETTER VIII 



The Farmers' .Troubles Fickle Climate Mild Weather 

 Hard Frosts in May Damage done by Frost Wood- 

 pigeons Food for Young Birds Stallions and Mush- 

 rooms 59 



LETTER IX 



The Chilterns Swincombe Down " Cuckoo Pens " Helle- 

 borine The County Agricultural Show Kerry Cows 

 Wet Season Hired Gardeners Watering and Weeding 

 Pruning Roses 67 



LETTER X 



Names of Roses Old-Fashoned Names Snobbishness of 

 Modern Nomenclature ' ' Florists' Flowers " Open 

 Roses China Roses Plants about Roses Thick 

 Planting in a border Example of Lavender ... 75 



LETTER XI 



Summer Effect in a Garden Autumn Flowers Luxuriant 

 Growth The Principles of Seeing Objects Rightly 

 Points of View Transmitted Light A New Acquaint- 

 ance The Redstart Ant-heaps 83 



