many. A gleaming yellow patch was made by Cbrysogonum, Plants for 



or Golden Elbow^ as it is called, because the flowers are borne the Water 



at the angles of the stalks. Mimulus cupreus, bright red 



and yellow, Coccinea, a tall handsome sort, and Prince Bismarck, 



a rosy red variety very soft and rich in colour, grew almost in the 



water. Primulas, too, were a refreshing sight in September, as 



one is inclined to associate them only with spring. Cashmiriana 



was just opening the first white buds of its dusty whorls; it 



continues to flower the whole winter. P. Capitata, with its 



slender stalk and flat ring of violet flowers round a centre of 



very powdery buds, was just in perfection. The latter is well 



worth trying to grow. From flower seeds given me last autumn, 



I have, in less than a year, a batch of flowering plants, but am 



told that in many parts they cannot be depended on to survive 



the winter. They would be charming neighbours for the autumn 



white Cyclamen, but need, I am afraid, a damper position. 



The old mill race has been formed into a feature of great 

 beauty. Many fine ferns, which with us can only be grown in a 

 cool house, deck the sides such as 7 'odea super ha, Todea lucida, 

 and Adiantum pedatum. Spring bulbs are planted in grass 

 above the fernery, and higher up the stream these are succeeded 

 later by masses of Tropteolum pblyphyllum with its trailing, 

 glaucous foliage, and lovely, orange-flowered wreaths. The 

 upper edge of the bank is fringed with Rugosa and Wichuriana 

 Roses, and such plants as Periwinkle, Epimediums, the glowing 

 Ourisea coccinea, Wulfenias, and many other low-growing 

 plants, grouped in the most perfect way with taller flowers 

 rising gracefully from the undergrowth. In special ponds there 

 are those curious aquatics, the Water Hawthorn (Aponogeton 

 distacbyon] and Golden Club. Many lovely Irises, such as 



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