many. A gleaming yellow patch was made by Chrysogonum, Plants for 
or Golden Elbow, as it is called, because the flowers are borne the Water 
at the angles of the stalks. Mimulus cupreus, bright red Edge 
and yellow, Coccinea, a tall handsome sort, and Prince Bismarck, 
a rosy red variety very soft and rich in colour, grew almost in the 
water. Primulas, too, were a refreshing sight in September, as 
one is inclined to associate them only with spring. Cashmiriana 
was just opening the first white buds of its dusty whorls; it 
continues to flower the whole winter. P. Cafitata, with its 
slender stalk and flat ring of violet flowers round a centre of 
very powdery buds, was just in perfection. The latter is well 
worth trying to grow. From flower seeds given me last autumn, 
I have, in less than a year, a batch of flowering plants, but am 
told that in many parts they cannot be depended on to survive 
the winter. They would be charming neighbours for the autumn 
white Cyclamen, but need, I am afraid, a damper position. 
The old mill race has been formed into a feature of great 
beauty. Many fine ferns, which with us can only be grown ina 
cool house, deck the sides—such as Todea superba, Todea lucida, 
and Adiantum pedatum. Spring bulbs are planted in grass 
above the fernery, and higher up the stream these are succeeded 
later by masses of Tropaolum polyphyllum with its trailing, 
glaucous foliage, and lovely, orange-flowered wreaths. The 
upper edge of the bank is fringed with Rugosa and Wichuriana 
Roses, and such plants as Periwinkle, Epimediums, the glowing 
Ourisea coccinea, Wulfenias, and many other low-growing 
plants, grouped in the most perfect way with taller flowers 
rising gracefully from the undergrowth. In special ponds there 
are those curious aquatics, the Water Hawthorn (Aponogeton 
distachyon) and Golden Club. Many lovely Irises, such as 
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