SPRING IN THE GARDEN 147 



Russian, the variegated periwinkle (Vinca major 

 variegata) ; Belvoir Castle wallflower, and dark- 

 red varieties ; and, of course, tulips and hyacinths, 

 which are dotted amongst the dwarfer plants to 

 give grace and variety of colour to the beds. 



In such a garden as this it is possible to create 

 imposing effects, but spring in the small garden 

 should be a home of flowers. That delightful, 

 almost modern feature of gardening, the wall 

 garden, should be a place of many spring flowers. 

 An exquisite garden I shall never forget — a garden 

 in a riverside village — was surrounded by an old 

 wall in which wallflower, snapdragon, and foxglove 

 had become established. In the garden itself were 

 several terraces, and the terrace walls were con- 

 structed to provide opportunities for the growth 

 of flowers without lessening their strength as 

 supports. Here, in the spring, were fountains of 

 white Arabis, the blue Aubrietia, pansies, saxi- 

 frages and stonecrops, and the tiny sandwort o 

 the Balearic Islands [Arenaria balearica) ran over 

 the cool stones, a thick little moss starred over in 

 spring and summer with white flowers. 



Spring in the garden should be as full of beauty 

 as in summer and autumn. The Gesner's tulip 

 then opens its big crimson chalice to the sun, and 



