My Garden in Spring 



is very brilliant in its young growth, and remains good 

 till late in summer if the flowering stalks are kept pulled 

 out. Golden Ling, a Viola cornuta with white flowers 

 and golden leaves, the Feverfew (Pyrethrum Parthenium), 

 the beautiful, golden-leaved Veronica Teucrium that origi- 

 nated in Captain Pinwill's garden, and a corner clump 

 of Cornus Spaethii are the main features of the front 

 rank. Laburnum, Lilac, Mountain Ash, Robinia Pseud- 

 acacia, Ptelia trifoliata, Ribes sanguineum, the Common 

 and the Cut-leaved Elders, have all provided golden- 

 leaved forms, and are represented here. Acer californica 

 aurea is perhaps the most brilliantly yellow of all, though 

 Sambucus racemosa plumosa aurea, runs it very close, 

 but ought to be ashamed of its pre-Linnean length of 

 name. The Ptelea does not come out golden, but the 

 leaves become spangled and afterwards almost suffused 

 with gold as they age, and therefore it stands out as 

 the best when the others are losing their brilliancy. The 

 Laburnum's gold vanishes as soon as that of a spend- 

 thrift, while the Ribes is a good colour throughout the 

 season. I have derived great pleasure from this golden 

 group, and am trying to extend their effect by planting 

 more golden forms in a line with it to carry the colour 

 on until the Bamboos and Yews by the river are reached. 

 Two Alders have come into this, and Alnus incana aurea 

 is a very beautiful thing, the colour of the winter bark 

 is so brilliant, like red coral. Golden Acer campestre 

 also pleased me much this year. But to come back to 

 Tom Tiddler's ground and the undergrowth of the golden 

 grove, there is Creeping Jenny and Meadow Sweet, pure 

 gold both of them, and another form of the latter with 

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