r14 A Little Maryland Garden 
In the spring this garden has quantities of 
tulips, showing clear bright colours, in cups of 
gold and scarlet, and cool whites and blush 
pinks. And there is a variety of iris, ranging 
from purple, through odd, reddish tones, to 
the lovely pale Madame Cherau. One day 
a California friend and J looked over the wall 
and discovered a plant we had never seen 
anything like, with the sword-like leaf of the 
iris, and flowers like red lilies. It was the 
blackberry lily, curiously named, and alto- 
gether a strange flower. 
Half-way down the length of the wall is a 
real old log cabin, overgrown with wistaria. 
Growing between the stones, where the fence 
is set, are snapdragons that must be peren- 
nials, for they bloom every year in dark 
purples and reds. In summer all the house 
plants come to join the plants of the border, 
palms and ferns give variety to the foliage, 
and a quantity of scarlet geraniums make 
it gay. 
Whenever my garden has distinguished 
itself, I look over the wall to see if I can 
