FLOWERS AT BORDIGHERA. 



northwards. What biting cold might not prevail beyond 



those mountains! Here, south of their sheltering barrier, 



spring had triumphed over winter. The 



Resurrection of Nature was aocom- 



and the pealing of the Easter bells, 



was wafted upwards to Monte Nero 



the valleys, seemed to bear onl\' messages 



of joy to the illuminated heights., 



above. 



The prett\' garden of the Hotel j/ 

 Angst was in full luxuriance; the 

 beds resembled baskets of tlowers. .' 

 The huge bushes of the Cape Pelar- 

 gonium were covered with ^'ermilioIl 

 flowers, the Peruvian Heliotrope was 

 trained up the house and iilled the 

 air with its perfume of A'anilla. 

 Carnations, Mignonette and 

 yellow Tea Roses added their 

 fragrance. The leaves of ever- ' 

 green trees shone in the flood of 

 light w ith metallic sheen, throwing 

 sharply-defined, dark-blue shado\v; 

 on the paths. Under the drooping 

 foliage of the Palms, in the height 

 of bliss, sat a newh'-married couple, 

 who were fortunate enough to be 

 spending their honeymoon b\' the 

 Mediterranean. This Easter v'^unday, X'" 



so saturated with sunshine and so Acacia Fa,>:es!a„a. 



