LET us now leave the actual garden, and walk along 

 a grassy path through the valley. This path 

 meanders by the side of a rippling little brook, and 

 presently we arrive in the park. Here are the flowers that 

 like moisture, such as the sweet bergamot, with its rich 

 crimson blossoms and aromatic leaves, ranunculus, forget- 

 me-nots, giant cow parsley, knot-weed {^Polygonum amplexi- 

 caule), loose-strife, willow herb, winter heliotrope, and the 

 gigantic prickly rhubarb {Gtnniera spinosd), the leaves of 

 which measure more than 

 one and a half yards in 

 diameter — such an ideal 

 fairy-tale setting they would 

 make for any Puck or Tom 

 Thumb. 



On the slopes of the 

 valley, where the shadows 

 are not too heavy, we have 

 planted masses of rhodo- 

 dendron and azalea. In 

 this park-soil even the Frau 

 Karl Druschki thrives (that 

 is, by the way, a rose that 

 is very hardy), and amongst 

 them we have put Rosa 

 Hermosa and blue del- 

 phinium in every conceivable 

 shade. 



A Shady Path 

 through the Park. 



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