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the group of Delphinium deepens into those of a fuller 

 blue colour, though none of the darkest are here. Then 

 more pale yellow of Mullein, Thalictrum, and Paris 

 Daisy, and so the colour passes to stronger yellows. 

 These change into orange, and from that to brightest 

 scarlet and crimson, coming to the fuUest strength in 

 the Oriental Poppies of the earher year, and later ia 

 Lychnis, Gladiolus, Scarlet Dahlia, and Tritoma. The 

 colour-scheme then passes again through orange and 

 yellow to the paler yellows, and so again to blue and 

 warm white, where it meets one of the clumps of Yuccas 

 flanking the path that divides this longer part of the 

 border from the much shorter piece beyond. This 

 simple procession of colour arrangement has occupied 

 a space of a hundred and sixty feet, and the border is 

 all the better for it. 



The short length of border beyond the gateway has 

 again Yuccas and important pale fohage, and a pre- 

 ponderance of pink bloom, Hydrangea for the most 

 part; but there are a few tall Mulleins, whose pale- 

 yellow flowers group well with the ivory of the Yucca 

 spikes and the clear pink of the tall Hollyhocks. These 

 all show up well over the masses of grey and glaucous 

 foliage, and against the rich darkness of dusky Yew. 



Dahlias and Cannas have their places in the mixed 

 border. When it is being dismantled in the late 

 autumn all bare places are well dug and enriched, so 

 that when it comes to fiUing-up time, at the end of 

 May, I know that every spare bit of space is ready, 



