SCOTTISH GAEDENS 



coming, coming but never yet come. Yet we are 

 assured that all they want is deep loam, partial 

 shade and to be let alone. One precaution must 

 not be neglected in gardens where pheasants come 

 namely, to surround the bed with wire-netting before 

 they come into flower, else will these greedy birds 

 nip off every bud. 1 



*I leave this as it was written after my last visit to Carnock, because I feel 

 sure that my experience has its parallel in that of many other amateurs. But 

 in the paper on Balcaskie (p. 149) I have described how Mr. Maule, the gardener 

 there, instructed me in the right management and propagation of hellebore. 



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