A MODERN GARDEN 289 



The colour scheme of blue, fading into grey, has 

 just enough yellow introduced to catch the sunlight, 

 and to prevent the whole looking chill on dull days. 

 All sorts of flowers, herbs, and even vegetables, are 

 requisitioned to contribute to the general harmony : 

 Wormwood, Rosemary, Catmint, Lavender, Sea- 

 kale, Santolina (Lavender Cotton), the little fluffy 

 silver-leaved Rabbit's Ear or Woundwort, Sea 

 Holly, Globe Thistle ; and even a coloured Kale, 

 is inserted without hesitation to complete the colour 

 scheme. 



This blue-grey colour runs like a ribbon through 

 the Garden, and is lost in a border the arrange- 

 ment of which is yellow, orange, and red only to 

 be found again and again, the keynote, in fact, of 

 this wonderful harmony in colour. 



An arched doorway, wreathed with creepers, 

 leads into another Garden, filled to overflowing 

 with all sorts and conditions of flowers. In corners, 

 on the walls, even overrunning the edges of the 

 walks, owing to their luxuriant growth here, 

 there, and everywhere, in perfectly delicious con- 

 fusion are to be found masses of Lavender, 

 Roses and Pinks, Double Hollyhocks, Michaelmas 

 Daisies, Marigolds, Snapdragon, Ageratum, Cherry 

 Pie, and Gypsophila. 



There are two charming fancies to be found 

 embodied in this Modern Garden, viz., the planting 

 of flowers for every month, and a " special region " 



