Gardener's Pride 



Last year the laurels were all cut away, the hedge 

 was opened, the brick court and path were laid 

 down, and the front door is now visible. 



Yes, it is pretty, but it will be much prettier 

 next year. 



That is the formula which you must keep in 

 your mind all through, and if you admire because 

 you think I want you to, I shall stop, and order 

 the car at once. 



Solomon's seal, polygonum, with rhododendrons 

 for a background; giant orange lilies for the 

 autumn, scarlet tulips and scarlet anemones for the 

 spring, scarlet poppies and white lupins for June, 

 fill the wide borders on either side of the brick path 

 that brings you to the door. From the gate — that 

 nobody ever uses — a pergola covered with roses also 

 leads to it. In June, it is a mass of blossom, pink 

 and white and crimson. 

 Come inside. 



The man tells me that there was once a French- 

 man who made quite a charming book out of a 

 Journey Round his Room, beginning with the 

 pictures and ending with the bed. We are not so 

 hard put to it as that, but, if necessary, we will 

 have a chapter on beds, as an appendix to the 

 observations on herbaceous borders. 



You see what I did ? Down came the wall on 

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