164 GARDENS OF ENGLAND 



varieties from over the seas, but, perhaps, this 

 apparent neglect is due to a want of knowledge of 

 even their existence. 



But one shrub in the summer-time should be 

 in every garden worthy of the name in richer 

 variety, and that is the lUac, A visit to the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, in early summer should be full of 

 interest and instruction, and the collection of 

 lUacs near the entrance from Kew Green repre- 

 sents many charming varieties of which little is 

 known. Lilac -time in this paradise of flowers 

 filled with enthusiam Mr, Noyes, who contributed 

 the following bright little poem to the Cape Times. 

 I thought it sufficiently interesting to reproduce. 



Go down to Kew in Lilac-time, in Lilac-time, in Lilac-time, 



Go down to Kew in Lilac-time (it isn't far from London), 



And you shall wander hand in hand with love in Summer's 



wonderland ; 

 Go down to Kew in Lilac-time (it isn't far from London). 



The cherry trees are seas of bloom and sweet perfume, and 



sweet perfume ; 

 The cherry trees are seas of bloom (and oh, so near to London !) 

 And there they say when dawn is nigh, and all the world's a 



blaze of sky. 

 The cuckoo, though he's very shy, will sing a song for London. 



The nightingale is rather rare, and yet they say you'll hear him 



there. 

 At Kew, at Kew in Lilac-time (and oh, so near to London !) 



