and hyacinths put in the grass their second year 

 have flowered well, the spikes of the hyacinths, 

 both in beds and in the grass, being as fine as they 

 were the first year. Some tulips left in a bed, 

 rather deep, a number of years ago, have sent up 

 a bunch of flowers regularly each of the four 

 springs I have now been here, and some hyacinths 

 left undisturbed have flowered better their third 

 year than when forced their first season. 



My Gladioli Colvillei, which were well estab- 

 lished and I thought quite hardy, had early in 

 February thrown up an abundance of leaves, 

 showing how well they were thriving. Being 

 assured the cold would not hurt them, they were 

 left unprotected, with the result that the severe 

 frosts between the loth and igth of February cut 

 them all down, and it is now, I fear, evident that 

 they are not going to grow again. The less for- 

 ward ones newly planted in the autumn are safe. 



On one of my garden paths which is lined with 

 box some stray violets have become entwined in 

 the stems of the box, and in that position have 

 flowered profusely, so that a few yards of the path 

 have been lined with a neat edging of violets. 

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