TTERE are Delphiniums, Anchusa, Goafs 

 ±~± Rue, and an old garden Rose, the name of 

 which I do not know, joyously flowering against 

 the north wall. The Rose at the end of the path 

 on the west wall is Newport Fairy and the one 

 in the foreground is Waltham Rambler. 



This border appears full to overflowing yet 

 turning to Plate No. 20 (August 6th) it is seen 

 in quite a new dress. 



The spring saw many beauties also along this 

 border: patches of Scillas and Snowdrops, a 

 gleaming line of Poet's Narcissus with trails 

 of Golden Alyssum, Arabis, and rich purple 

 Aubrietia. Early May saw the front of the 

 border fluttering with Columbines — pink, cream, 

 mauve, and sky blue with feathery bursts of a 

 little dwarf Spiraea (S. japonica, I think). At 

 the path edge — self sown— flowered Iceland Pop- 

 pies, Flax, and a tiny black Johnny-jump-up. 



Toward the end of May two great plants of 

 the old-fashioned crimson Peony (Paeonia offi- 

 cinalis) burst into rich-hued bloom beside the 

 arbour post companioned by the gray-white 

 blossoms of Iris florentina and the Anchusa still 

 flowering in the opposite plate. 



