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blossoms in Spring and rosy fruit in Autumn, giving 

 to the small Gardens an additional beauty. 



Then in Cornwall and Devonshire, where the 

 climate is mild, bushes of Myrtle and Tamarisk, 

 besides Hydrangea, grow by the side of the cottage 

 door, in quite an everyday manner. 



The Hop is the hallmark of the little Kentish 

 Garden plots. One Garden to be seen down there 

 stands out from among many in the exceeding 

 beauty and abundance of its flowers. Even in its 

 surrounding walls, old and grey, nestle Houseleeks 

 and Stonecrops. Flags, Foxgloves, Primroses, 

 Leopard's Bane, clumps of Forget-me-not, mixing 

 their delightful blue with the rich brown of the 

 Wallflowers, all and every kind of flower in turn 

 blossoms gaily. From the first of Spring flowers 

 that " pleasant plant " the Crocus to the last flower 

 of Autumn, all blooms appear at their best, almost 

 tumbling over each other in their lavish growth. 

 The only attempt at order in this tiny Garden, with, 

 its marvellous wealth of flowers, is the edging of 

 Thrift. 



"This is an everlasting greene herbe," says 

 Parkinson, " which many take to border their 

 beds, and set their knots and trayles, and therein 

 much delight because it will grow thick and 

 bushie, and may be kept, being cut with a pair 

 of Garden sheeres, in some good handsome 

 manner and proportion for a time and besides 



