OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN 



We have forced for the house several plants of 

 Canterbury Bells, glorious purple and white, which 

 have grown to an extraordinary size and fill the 

 Compton pots on the landing in very decorative 

 fashion. 



The front landing and stairs are wondrous pretty 

 in the Villino: and the colour scheme Tangerine 

 yellow for the curtains and grey for the carpet- 

 somehow suits the little place, with its Roman air. 

 In the round bow window there is a large copy 

 4 of the Samothraki Nike on a white stand/ and in 

 front of her we place flower-pots all the year round- 

 generally Orange trees in the winter, with which 

 we are successful. 



Alas! we leave the little Paradise to-morrow! 

 However, we are still in such an intermediary 

 stage that we mind less than when we lost all 

 the glories of the Azaleas. For anyone of an 

 impatient disposition, this time of the first setting 

 out of the bedding plants is a trying ordeal. We 

 are going this afternoon on a surreptitious round 

 with " plantoids " to which Adam objects, but in 

 the virtues of which we are believers. 



The longer we labour at garden experiences, the more it is 

 borne in upon us that ambitiousness is to be avoided. 

 No amateurs however splendid their visions may be 

 should attempt "Wild Gardens/ 7 or "Bog Gardens " on 

 their own unaided efforts. This does not refer to the 

 flinging of wild-flower seeds in woodland glades, but to the 

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