The Moelwyn Garden 



of peat in the composition of the soil, for it is a fallacy 

 to suppose Heather will not grow without peat. It is 

 little, too not more than ten or twelve square yards in 

 all ; but it contains within its compass all the charms 

 that are exhibited in vaster areas, and is in its way as 

 satisfying. 



There are other effects that I might linger over, with 

 both pleasure and profit did space permit ; one, of the 

 hybrid brier, Una, rambling over the thatched roof of 

 the garden house ; beautiful with its buff buds and single 

 white flowers in the summer, it is indeed startling in 

 the early days of the year, when every one of its 

 myriads of vivid scarlet berries is silhouetted with 

 clear-cut distinctness against the grey-green thatch. 

 Another, of Rhododendron racemosum, a delightful 

 little rosy-pink Chinese form, that has thriven for 

 several years now, and makes quite remarkable 

 growth without peat, too in the little rock garden. 

 Rosmarinus pro stratus, too, grows on a ledge here, 

 and sends down its long trailing growths that in season 

 are covered with pale lilac-blue flowers. 



There is one good point, too, about this garden that 

 is worthy of mention. Nothing is admitted that will 

 not stand the most rigorous winter out of doors. 

 Crocus species, such as aureus, Balansse, Sieberi, and 

 susianus, push their way through the January snow, 

 whilst the golden Winter Aconite and the early flowering 

 Heaths light up the borders . Later come the Daffodils , 

 Tulips, Anemones, the spring, summer, and autumn 

 herbaceous plants, and Lilies right down to the late 

 autumn, where there is ample provision made for main- 

 taining the attraction of the garden in the way of 



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