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which faces almost due south, a favourable and pleasant 

 position. Grass occupies the centre, a grateful and refresh- 

 ing setting to the flower masses encircling it, and under the 

 pantry window is a narrow border, if it can be so called, 

 of light soil ; the position is in full sun. Here revel many 

 things in good loaming soil, the beautiful little early Irises, 

 /. alata and others, and the early-flowering coloured Gladioli 

 are quite at home. I have never seen the bulbs happier 

 even in the south of England, and one year Crinum Moorei 

 flowered superbly. Of course, Crocuses, Scillas, the splendid 

 Gesner Tulips, and Daffodils are a success. When Tulipa 

 gesneriana is fully open in the blazing sunshine this is in 

 truth a place of colour. Against the wall Roses are planted 

 Gloire de Dijon, Alister Stella Gray, and Mme. Berard 

 Roses, with a plant also of Choisya ternata and Passion-flower 

 Constance Elliott. The left-hand border, looking down the 

 garden, is filled with many things annuals, such as Sweet 

 Peas, Mignonette, Tufted Pansies, Day Lilies, Carnations, 

 Pinks, and other homely English flowers, the majority of 

 which are quite well known. How well Carnations succeed ! 

 The old crimson Clove gave handfuls of bloom ; but even 

 better was Uriah Pike (what a name !), a vigorous variety, 

 with firm tall stems and large crimson-coloured fragrant 

 flowers. This kind should be noted by all town gardeners. 

 The old white-fringed Pink was very beautiful too. I had 

 an edging of White Pinks, but alas, wireworms consumed 

 many ; and this reminds me that new loam or the top spit 

 from a pasture should always be most carefully examined, 

 as it is frequently full of wireworms. A friend planted 

 an edging about 30 yards long of White Pinks, brought in 

 new soil to give them a start, and the wireworms consumed 

 three parts of the entire margin of silvery tufts. In this 

 left-hand border plants flourish amazingly ; even Roses, 

 particularly the Tea-scented Edith Gifford, the beautiful 

 hybrid Tea, Viscountess Folkestone, Mme. Charles, and the 

 lovely Alfred Carriere, which has large, loosely formed, pure 

 white flowers filled with sweet scent. Against the fence 

 the winter-flowering Jasminum nudiflorum is very beautiful 

 throughout a mild winter. It is covered over with blossom, 

 so rich in colour and fragrant ; the green leafless shoots are 

 crowded with buds in winter, and these when cut for the 

 house open perfectly in water. A tall vase with Jasminum 

 nudiflorum shoots is very pretty and refreshing in winter. 

 No climber flowering in winter is more valuable in the town 

 garden than this ; it is impervious to soot and dirt generally. 



