n~iHIS patriotic arrangement of Delphiniums, 



J. English Field Poppies, and early white 



Phlox Miss Lingard came about by chance. 



It is a region generally given over to much gray 



foliage and soft-hued flowers. 



The border edges are bound with velvet-leaved 

 Woundwort (Stachys lanata), Nepeta Mussini, 

 gray tufts of Pinks, and cascades of the " Moonlit" 

 creeping Phlox, behind which the great lavender 

 cups of Tulip Nora Ware open in May with a 

 few pale yellow ones (Miss Willmott). A large 

 standard Wistaria flowers with them. 



A little later clumps of pink Oriental Poppies 

 flower in lovely harmony with the Lyme Grass 

 and tall stems of gray-pink Valerian. Their 

 subsequent defection is covered by a haze of Gyp- 

 sophila paniculata as seen in the present picture. 



Later still lavender Fleabane (Erigeron spe- 

 ciosus) and tall pale Mullein Miss Willmott, 

 white and buff and pale pink Hollyhocks make 

 the picture; and in the autumn this whole region 

 is hidden beneath clouds of lavender, purple, 

 and pale mauve Michaelmas Daisies. (Plate No. 

 U. October 10th.) 



