A GARDEN NOTE-BOOK 



prouder splendor of color than is brought forth 

 by this coupling of flower groups above green 

 turf. 



Salvia sclarea is now beginning to unroll from a 

 fat-scaled bud its spirals of mauve bloom; and this 

 plant, whose seed came by way of a kind English 

 hand from the Vatican gardens, is one of the 

 finest of acquisitions. Its place is among L. can- 

 didum, or below pale-blue delphinium, although I 

 have fancied that Salvia virgata nemorosa's violet 

 flowers would make a happy combination near its 

 mauve relation; but in that case the crimson ram- 

 bler should be not only out of sight but really out 

 of mind. 



I have lately visited a charming garden over- 

 hanging the upper waters of the Hudson River, 

 In early July this was a picture of beauty, and it 

 gave me, besides the delight of its situation and 

 effect, an acquaintance with several new varieties 

 of flowers. The garden consists of two wide 

 flower borders set in the side of a precipitous hiU; 

 the borders and a long walk of tan-bark separating 

 them lie upon a broad terrace. The terrace is 

 backed by a high retaining wall of gray stone, and 

 approached from either end by a descent of stone 

 steps cleverly arranged for variety of level. The 



