MAY 77 



It is a good year for grass ; the rains have 

 assured that. From the seat under the upper elm 

 one may see how luxuriantly it grows just below. 

 The poet's narcissus can only just look over the 

 feathery tops, and a scarlet oriental poppy blossom 

 has but a trifle more advantage. It is one of last 

 year's seedlings, and is the first in bloom in the 

 garden this year. I am anxious to see if they 



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will hold their own permanently among the grass. 

 I am feeling a little sorry that I planted such a 

 large mass of the old yellow doronicum in the wild 

 garden, for now that the buttercups are in flower 

 it is not very telling ; but it was too encroaching 

 to be left in the borders, and a place elsewhere had 

 to be found for it. D. Harpur Crewe is better for 

 cutting, and in habit is more satisfactory, but it also 

 is in the wild garden on account of its early habit. 



