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covered all over with a thick carpet of single 

 and double Anemone nemorosa, and the heavenly 

 blue of A. blanda and Apennina^ while an 

 edging of A. fulgens will girdle the whole, 

 if only the dear capricious creature can be 

 persuaded to grow. Out of this grounding 

 rise bulbs among the permanent plants ; plenty 

 of the early Gladioli, The Bride for pure 

 white, Delicatissima and others for pink and 

 red. These are followed, when the Hydran- 

 geas are in their glory, by the scarlet of 

 G. Brenchleyensis and flame-coloured hybrids 

 of Gandavensis, with Hyacinthus Candicans 

 and the intense red flower spikes and deep 

 rich foliage of Lobelia Cardinalis. While deep 

 in the peat and loam and leaf-mould of that bed 

 I will plant Lilium Auratum, in the fond hope 

 that it may flourish here undisturbed, as it did 

 in my dear old friend G. F. Wilson's wonderful 

 garden at Wisley, 1 and, rising through the 

 gorgeous foliage of the Azaleas, will crown 

 the whole composition with its splendour. 



i Now, thanks to the generosity of Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 in the possession of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



