rjlHIS warm-toned picture shows upon the 

 £ upper terrace, against the southwest wall, 

 a gold-hung Laburnum tree (L. vulgare), a 

 bush of Persian Lilac, and a group of the Darwin 

 Tulip Gretchen. The purple Iris in the lower 

 border is the common I. germanica, the cream- 

 coloured one is the Intermediate Iris Empress. 

 The Tulips are Mrs. Moon and the patches 

 of white are from Sweet Rocket (Hesperis ma- 

 tronalis) and still lingering Arabis. 



In April the Arabis is in full beauty and with 

 it, along the edge of this border, are clumps of 

 deep purple Iris pumila, festoons of pale laven- 

 der Phlox subulata G. F. Wilson, and groups 

 of the bright yellow Daffodil Katherine Spurrell. 



Early in June a clump of purple Meadow- 

 rue (Thalictrum aquilegifolium) bursts into 

 feathery bloom. In July a group of pink and 

 buff Hollyhocks and early Phlox Miss Lingard 

 is the offering; and for August a lovely group 

 composed of the tall, soft pink Phlox Tower 

 of Eiffel, Silver Thistle (Echinops sphaero- 

 cephalus), and Chimney Bellflower (Campanula 

 pyramidalis). 



All this; and yet in October the border is once 

 more rendered demurely festive by a group of 

 cold blue Aconites (Aconitum autumnale) and 

 the Shrubby Ox-eye Daisy (Chrysanthemum nip- 

 ponicum). 



The other end of this border is to be seen in 

 Plate No. 6 (May 15th.) 



