In the paddock I have planted quantities of the 

 same bulbs in the grass together with grape hya- 

 cinths, fritillarias, chionodoxas, dog's-tooth vio- 

 lets, and other things, all pell-mell; and under 

 a long line of hedge, anemones have been in- 

 serted between the stems of the hawthorn. An- 

 other and very ragged hedge on one side of the 

 paddock has been " mended " with sweetbriers, 

 crimson ramblers, and honeysuckle. Some cop- 

 per beech, crab-apple, mountain ash, double pink 

 cherry, with rhododendrons and other shrubs, 

 have been filled into gaps in the shrubberies. 

 The garden is an old one, and has been much 

 neglected for years past. 



I have also planted out a lot of roses, and am 

 determined to make Marechal Niel flourish in 

 the open. I am the more emboldened to this 

 as when I took possession of the house, the pre- 

 vious tenant, who had allowed a beautiful old 

 garden to run to seed and weed in every part 

 of it, had planted a rose of this variety in mis- 

 erable soil against the wall of a coach-house in 

 the back-yard, facing another building, where 

 it got next to no sun and was exposed to the 



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