184 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN 



of spring-flowering things, not formally, but in broad 

 patches Wallflowers, Forget-me-nots, Tulips, Silene, 

 Limnanthes douglasii (a Californian annual much loved 

 by the bees), sowing a large patch of Love-in-the-mist 

 and the annual Gypsophila (for early flowering, sown in 

 September), Spanish Iris, Pinks and Carnations, Madonna 

 Lilies, a large corner of Anemones, and another of Scabiosa 

 caucasica (see ' English Flower Garden '), both these 

 grown originally from seed. And as the spring flowers 

 pass away, their places are filled up from autumn-sown 

 plants, Snapdragons, &c., which are quite hardy when 

 young and in the seed bed, but which get killed and 

 injured by cold winds in the open. Let everyone read 

 what is said in the ' English Flower Garden ' on the 

 giant Saxifrages, Megaseas. There are several varieties, 

 all worth growing, and they are most useful, satisfactory 

 plants for all sorts of purposes, not nearly grown enough 

 for covering the ground and making fine masses of 

 low-growing foliage. To keep out weeds by planting 

 low-growing and spreading plants is a great secret of 

 gardens that are to have a picturesque appearance, and, 

 in fact, be a cultivated wilderness rather than a tidy 

 garden. 



October 15th. This is the great Apple time. All the 

 windfalls that take place in September and October we 

 collect, and either eat or stew down into Apple jelly. It 

 is very useful through the winter in many ways, and 

 injured Apples never keep. 



Quince jam and jelly we also find good. This is an 

 old-fashioned receipt : First boil the Quinces till soft, 

 for about half an hour ; take off the outer thin skin. 

 Cut the Quinces in half, removing the core, and pulp 

 them. To every pound of Quince pulp add half a pint 

 of the water in which the Quinces were boiled. Peel 

 carefully and cut up some Blenheim Apples ; add half a 



