AUGUST 149 



mole lives entirely on worms and insect 

 larvae which are found in the best soil, that 

 which he throws to the surface while in 

 pursuit of his prey, finely pulverised, and 

 free from the seeds of weeds as it will be 

 found to be, is just in the state for pro- 

 ducing the best flowers/ 



A long-desired white Tigridia has just 

 now for me all the charm of a new 

 possession. The cream-white flowers, 

 with crimson-spotted centres, are a most 

 exquisite delight. It is one of those 

 strange beings which look as if they had 

 come from another world. Until now, 

 the two tigridias the yellow and the 

 red with their threefold flowers seemed 

 always incomplete. Now, nothing more 

 is needed. I do not want a blue or a 

 pink tigridia ; this mysterious white third 

 is enough. 



