The Garden 

 that We Made 



a circular patch, where a sundial 

 constitutes the centre, with arches 

 forming a pergola for Tausend- 

 schoii and Hiawatha roses. 



The end of the path ter- 

 minates with a long flower-bed 

 in T- fashion, and that flower-bed 

 is edged with irregular cobble- 

 stones. 



And, by the way, we usually 

 edge our flower-beds at Sofiero 

 in the same manner — a plan I 

 strongly recommend. 



In this T-shaped bed there is 

 a row of standard roses, on a 

 carpet of red primroses in the 

 front and spiraea at the back. 

 r°ock°"s«nds%„''' oaL! The rcst of the bed is planted as follows : in the front 



and beside it a Rockery , . . , ^ , , , ^ .... ,, 



is being made. are aubrctia, ivy-leai toad-flax or mother oi millions, 



violets, and a low-stemmed white saxifraga, periwinkle, and 

 different kinds of stone-crops. 



Then, behind those, stand several plants of medium 

 height, as, for instance, myosotis, auricula, calendula, 

 giant lilies-of the-valley, blue iris, daisies, anthcricum 

 liliastriuii or "St. Bruno's lily" (a white lily-like plant 

 with pretty foliage), erythronium (a very sweet and 

 rather uncommon plant with orchid-like blossoms, which 

 flowers early), foxgloves, mignonette, early marguerites, 

 and so on. 



As a background to the flower-bed, along the fence 

 which surrounds the garden, stand taller plants such as 

 tall Darwin-tulips, sweet peas, late asters, hollyhocks, and 

 autumn chrysanthemums. 



The Little 

 Rockery. 



On a slip of slightly-sloping ground at the end of the 

 garden is a little rockery arranged there in place of some 

 tangled old gooseberry bushes. The soil was perfect. It 



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