THE GARDEN DELL 



leaf the whole year round, gay with bloom in summer. 

 Then, as seen from a neighbouring knoll in May and 

 June, the display will indeed be one of delight, for how 

 better can one appreciate the beauty of a Rhododendron 

 than by looking down upon it ? For pleasure as one 

 walks the dell, shall there not be, in spring, great colonies 

 of giant Trumpet Daffodils and Poet's Narcissi, with 

 Crocus and Snowdrop, Hepatica and Squill ; in high 

 summer groups of fair and most fragrant Lilies, and the 

 Ferns' soft harmony of green ; in chill autumn days 

 spires of Golden Rod, delicate flower groups of Japanese 

 Anemones, white Moon Daisies, and mauve Starworts ? 

 Yes, there shall be beauty enough and to spare for the 

 observant passer-by as well as for those who find chief 

 pleasure in a rich colour display. 



If the walk meanders through the dell waywardly 

 as though unable to tear itself away, leaving little hills 

 in its train, what better to crown them with than such 

 exquisite flowering shrubs as Pyrus floribunda, the Orna- 

 mental Peach, the Yulan, the Golden Bell (Forsythia), 

 Laburnum, and Thorn all fair flowers of spring ? For 

 summer show the New Zealand Daisy Bush (Olearia) and 

 Mexican Orange Blossom (Choisya) ; and for autumn, 

 Flame Flower and Pampas Grass. If space (against 

 which so many of us have serious complaint) allows, then 

 what more bewitching than a group of silver Birch on 

 a grassy mound carpeted in May with Bluebells. It is 

 as though heaven and earth had for the time changed 

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