Other Gardens 

 I have Planned 



there are grape hyacinths 

 crowded together ; and not 

 far from that the red " Car- 

 dinal " tuHps are parading on 

 a broad strip of ground. 



A Symphony in White 

 and Gold Beneath a 

 Crab-Apple Tree. 









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Beneath a crab-apple 

 tree, on comparatively level 

 ground, there is an almost dazzling stretch of thousands of 

 tulips. Here the bulbs actually touch each other, and the 

 effect is very fine. A broad band of Couronne d'or with 

 double blossoms of deep gold are framing a bed of the tall, 

 single, snow-white La Reine. Rose-mauve spots of La 

 Precieuse liven up the white-and-gold symphony. 



In addition to those already named, there are flowers 

 everywhere — ^amongst stones, as a carpet for the under- 

 growth of the woodland, and on the grassy slopes of the 

 hill ; groups of tulips, narcissus, daffodils, jonquils, blue 

 chionodoxa, yellow and red primroses — yes, groups as a 

 rule ; but where there are no groups the grass is studded 

 with them. 



A Garden of 

 Mixed Flowers. 



A garden of a different type was planned on ground 

 where hot-houses and frames had had their place. Hence 

 it had eminent advantages for successful gardening. The 

 space was but small. We made a path down the middle, 

 along the sides of which we arranged long beds of roses. 

 These edge off the lawns, 

 and they, in their turn, are 

 edged off by long rows of 

 pansies — spring pansies and 

 autumn pansies in every 

 imaginable colour. In the 

 middle we widened the path 

 into something approaching 



A Giant Balsam in 

 bloom in September. 



The Anemone Japonica 

 in late Summer. 



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