70 A YEAR IN A LANCASHIRE GARDEN. 



alba with Statice latifolia round it. This Anemone, 

 with its white blossoms surrounding a yellow 

 centre, and looking just like some very perfect 

 white wild Rose, is a beautiful flower, and the 

 grey branched sprays of the Statice harmonise 

 wonderfully with it. 



All along the vinery border has been a long row 

 of Stocks, Asters, and Mignonette, and the scent 

 has been delicious, especially towards evening, or 

 after a warm shower of rain. In hot weather the 

 garden is almost too hot when the sun is full upon 

 it, and I have always taken care to grow the night- 

 scented Stock and other flowers of the kind, so 

 that the garden, as evening comes on, may be 

 as sweet as can be; but this year these annuals, 

 with several others, have done no good. On 

 the other hand, the large tall CEnothera opens 

 hundreds of yellow stars each night ; and, better 

 still, the beautiful CEnothera taraxacifolia, on the 

 herbaceous borders, unfolds a number of its 

 large white blossoms, which gleam out among 

 the rich green foliage close upon the ground. 

 Next year I think I will have an entire bed 

 of this white CEnothera ; it will be worth the 

 space. 



