COLOUR IN MY GARDEN 



before the Irises in June. Here and there is a group of 

 Primula pulverulenta that delights in the damp spot; and 

 everywhere else, pushing their way among the perennials, 

 and carpeting the ground, are alert Horned Violets and 

 self-sowing Forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica) through 

 which rise in early May the lovely blossoms of the Gardenia- 

 flowered Narcissus. 



The plants thrive so heartily in the genial dampness of 

 this bed that we must be forever thinning them out, for 

 we would not have them gather so closely about the rim 

 of the pool as to hide the water with its attendant re- 

 flections. These reflections are full of charm and suggestion ; 

 sometimes the Japanese Cherry enamels a rare design upon 

 the quiet surface of the pool; again will be a gay pattern of 

 Yellow Flowering Currant and Peach Blossoms upon a 

 blue sky ground. To-day my half-moon pool looks like a 

 Japanese fan with an encircling design of blue and white 

 Irises and a roseate glow caught from the Rose pergola 

 over the way. To-night the dark surface will be powdered 

 with star shine. 



We do not require a great expanse of water to add this 

 pleasure of reflections to the list of our garden joys. A 

 little round or square pool, or a trio of little rectangular 

 pools; a half moon of a pool, a well head, or even a bird 

 bath will compass it in some degree. And there is no reason 

 why we should not plan a bit for delightful reflections — 

 arrange the Cherry or Hawthorn pattern, place our 

 Irises and Lupines where the pool may mirror their fine 

 designs, and leave the rest to the wind and the clouds. 



I should always plant a flowering tree near a pool — one 



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