The Moelwyn Garden 
of peat in the composition of the soil, for it is a fallacy 
to suppose Heather will not grow without peat. It is 
little, too—not more than ten or twelve square yards in 
all; but it contains within its compass all the charms 
that are exhibited in vaster areas, and is in its way as 
satisfying. 
There are other effects that I might linger over, with 
both pleasure and profit did space permit ; one, of the 
hybrid brier, Una, rambling over the thatched roof of 
the garden house ; beautiful with its buff buds and single 
white flowers in the summer, it is indeed startling in 
the early days of the year, when every one of its 
myriads of vivid scarlet berries is silhouetted with 
clear-cut distinctness against the grey-green thatch. 
Another, of Rhododendron racemosum, a delightful 
little rosy-pink Chinese form, that has thriven for 
several years now, and makes quite remarkable 
growth—without peat, too—in the little rock garden. 
Rosmarinus prostratus, too, grows on a ledge here, 
and sends down its long trailing growths that in season 
are covered with pale lilac-blue flowers. 
There is one good point, too, about this garden that 
is worthy of mention. Nothing is admitted that will 
not stand the most rigorous winter out of doors. 
Crocus species, such as aureus, Balansz, Sieberi, and 
susianus, push their way through the January snow, 
whilst the golden Winter Aconite and the early flowering 
Heaths light up the borders. Later come the Daffodils, 
Tulips, Anemones, the spring, summer, and autumn 
herbaceous plants, and Lilies right down to the late 
autumn, where there is ample provision made for main- 
taining the attraction of the garden in the way of 
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