66 A YEAR IN A LANCASHIRE GARDEN. 



large bed of Clematis Jackmanni in full glory. 

 Last year it did fairly well, but the plants were 

 comparatively weak, and the flowers trailed upon 

 the ground. This year the plants have grown 

 vigorously, and I have trained Withies all across 

 the bed, so that the purple blossoms twine and 

 cling around them, and are now a perfect mass of 

 blossom. 



On the house a Clematis lanuginosa, with its 

 large discs of lilac-grey, is also very handsome, 

 and seems to be doing as well as possible. 



In the outer garden a great cluster of yellow 

 Broom has made the border near the front door 

 aglow with golden light ; and in the vinery a 

 beautiful Clethra arborea The Lily of the Valley 

 Tree has been laden with bunches of its delicate 

 and delicately-scented flowers. 



The weather has broken completely during the 

 last fortnight, and it is now too much, and not 

 too little rain, of which we are complaining. 



