OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN 



Mediterranean Heaths on the borders of a certain rough 

 path / and in between the Heather we shall make drifts of 

 Colchicum, so that it may look lovely in all seasons. We 

 do not consider that Colchicum is properly placed in the 

 garden. Its summer leaf is too coarse, and it is hideous 

 when it dies off. Mrs. Earle has made the same remark 

 in one of her delightful books. 



It will be very interesting to see how the new Roses turn 

 out. A good many were ordered on the strength of the 

 catalogue description, from three different rose growers. 

 Hybrid Perpetuals do not do with us/ neither do pure 

 Teas stand our cold, otherwise we should riot in " Lady 

 Hillingdon." 



" YOU never can go wrong with a Viscountess," said his 

 gardener to a friend of ours. 



He was a man of lightning witas all lovers of " Savoy " 

 operas know. 



" That is a very interesting statement of yours," he said 

 in that brief, unsmiling manner that added zest to his 

 quaintness. "I have been given to understand the con- 

 trary." 



We can go wrong with a Viscountess, unfortunately, and 

 do. As we have said, Hybrid Perpetuals do not behave 

 well with us, except, perhaps, that model of excellence, 

 Ulrich Brunner. Morals are a question of climate even 

 with roses. 



Loki's Ma-Ma <to be discursive and we are afraid that this 

 chronicle is nothing if not discursive) was a great favourite 

 with this genius of mirth above mentioned, who made the 

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