AN ENGLISH GARDEN IN SPRING 



duced into these delightful borders. The helle- 

 bores bloom first, then primroses, the famous 

 Munstead strain, of course, in whites and palest 

 yellows, these showing among Myosotis dissitifiora; 

 tiarella, the foam-flower, is used "in patches," and 

 Uvularia grandiflora, pale yellow, with Dentaria 

 diphylla, white daffodils, dogtooth violets, and 

 again the forget-me-nots, with a plant unknown to 

 me, Triteleia uniflora. Back in the borders are 

 columbines and Solomon's seal. Thus is Miss 

 Jekyll's "tunnel of green shade" furnished forth 

 in April and in May. Why do we not practice 

 more in our country this type of planting .? It is 

 especially to be commended to the young amateur, 

 who may, in middle age, reap the fruit of his nut- 

 tree planting, and who, after three years of growth, 

 may see a rich carpet of spring flowers awaiting 

 those light lines of shadow from the future over- 

 hanging boughs of his hazels. 



From the whites, pale yellows, and soft greens 

 of spring, the delicate illumination of that early 

 time, we leap now into the glorious hues of July. 

 To turn to the photograph of the July border, the 

 luxuriant masses of flowers have a setting of great 

 depth and richness in the close foliage of tree and 

 shrub; and a wall of sandstone on the right is the 



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