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charming greenhouse plant. The flower has something 

 of the appearance of a Gardenia, but it has no scent.. 



I have had two real good days' gardening, and have 

 tried to carry out some of Miss Jekyll's hints, even in 

 this commonplace, every-day garden. I have pulled 

 down some of the climbing Roses, to let them make low- 

 growing bushes ; for it is so true that, as she says, when 

 planted on a Pergola all their beauty is only for the bird 

 as it flies. In the lanes, too, I saw some of the wild 

 Arum leaves, and got out of the carriage to . get some. 

 Having no garden-gloves or knife with me, I ran my 

 finger down into the soft leafy mould to gather them 

 with the white stalk underground. I trust these will 

 rejoice an invalid friend in London to-morrow. One gets 

 almost tired of the mass of flowers in London now, and 

 things that smell of ditches and hedgerows are what one 

 values most. 



March 9th. Odontoglossum Bossii major is a charming 

 little Orchid to hang up in a shallow pan in a greenhouse 

 when in flower. I am getting to like Orchids more and 

 more now that, instead of thinking of them in their 

 hot glass palaces, the easy-growing ones are treated here 

 like other greenhouse plants. They give me great 

 pleasure ; the flowers are beautiful and interesting to look 

 into and examine. I must learn more about them. In 

 all things concerning Nature it is only ignorance that 

 makes us take likes and dislikes. 



This is the first spring morning. How one appreciates 

 the slightest rise in the temperature ! I quite pity those 

 who have rushed South, and who cannot watch the slow 

 development of our English spring, with all its many 

 disappointments . 



The bright yellow flowers of the improved Tussilago 

 Coltsfoot, sold by Cannel, are now just coming out, and 

 the gravelly corner where they grow is a bright mass of 



