A GARDEN IN VENICE 



bower that stretches between the statues is a 

 purple glory of Clematis Jackmanni. 



Before this the garden is white and gold with 

 daffodils that, blossoming with the Marinelli, 

 blow on to greet the roses — the Emperor, Em- 

 press, and Sir Watkin only yielding in size and 

 beauty to the well-named Incomparable Sulphur 

 Phoenix, with a flower larger and sweeter than 

 the gardenia it resembles ; and our dozen rose 

 gardens are carpeted with tulips and anemones. 



We have found it answer to mix standard roses 

 with the bush ones, the shade of the tall plants 

 giving some shelter to the dwarfer ones from the 

 hot summer sun. For the same reason it has 

 succeeded extremely well to plant tulips and ane- 

 mones and even strawberries among the roses. 

 Of course the ground plants are planted thinly. 

 And a rose-bed carpeted with Cardinal and Rose 

 de Nice, or with the Caen or Chrysanthemum 

 Anemones, is very lovely. It is delightful, too, 

 to pick one's strawberries and cut one's tea rose 

 from the same bed. 



When the tulips are nearly over the Iris come 

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