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ance ; if pale-blue or lavender-blue flowers are mingled with the 

 white ones the result is more soothing and quite as attractive. The 

 many Sweet Peas of this shade, combined with white ones, make up the 

 chief show in a garden of this description that I know, but there are 

 vast quantities of white Lupins, Chrysanthemum maximum, Roses, 

 Lilies, Carnations, Achilleas, Japanese Anemones, and Violas, while 

 the pallid blues of Scabiosa caucasica, Jacob's Ladder, Pansies, Cam- 

 panulas, and Michaelmas Daisies add considerably to the scene. 

 White Hollyhocks and Dahlias, Galega oflicinalis, are there too. 



A garden within a garden was once planted and designed ex- 

 pressly to afford a cool retreat in July and August ; the 60 by 40 feet 

 of ground was intersected by paths paved with flagstones and edged 

 by almost white stones ; here and there groups of evergreen shrubs 

 were employed to hide the turns of the walks and what lay beyond, 

 in other places great pot Eucalyptuses were bedded out, with a fore- 

 ground of Palms, to show up white-flowering perennials and annual?. 

 A couple of Silver Birches grew against a surrounding hedge of 

 Privet, white rugosa Roses, Cistus ladaniferus and Syringa. The 

 arches were of Silver Birch wood with the bark on, and were covered 

 by white and the palest-tinted Roses and Clematises. A pretty little 

 artificial stream ran alongside the chief walk, hidden from it at places 

 by Giant Reeds, Meadow Sweets, and Bamboos, but where visible 

 showed banks covered by dwarf white-flowering plants, and towered 

 over by Ox-eye Daisies and attractive white Poppies. A snow- 

 white summer-house nestled within a bower of Traveller's Joy and 

 white Rambler Roses. 



The use of stone in a July garden is of great advantage ; 

 graceful vases, low walls along terraces, flagstone walks, steps lead- 

 ing up or down, all are pleasant to look upon, offering cool shades 

 among the bright summer blossoms. In the winter garden we value 

 our red brick or scarlet tiled paths, with edging to correspond, but 

 they almost offend the eye under scorching sunshine. I have seen 

 a small garden, filled with well-grown flowers, quite ruined in effect 

 by having a yellow canvas tent put upon the lawn, and many of the 

 scarlet-striped tent materials introduce quite a discord. A stone- 

 built summer-house is not often seen, but might be a really artistic 

 ornament ; within its cavelike recess there would be perfect shelter 

 from heat which cannot be gained within wooden or canvas walls. 

 Climbers could be grown over as much as wished, if a few staples 

 were driven into the stone, and wires stretched across. 



