THE SPRING GARDEN 33 



lilac-white of Phlox stellaria and the bluish lilac of 

 Phlox divaricata. The picture from H was done a 

 few days later. It shows the further mass of Phlox 

 divaricata more fully in bloom, and among the white 

 Tulips above, a pretty pale lilac-blue hybrid Iris and 

 some taller stems of the common Blue Flag Iris just 

 coming into blossom. This picture shows the value 

 of the dark Yew hedge as a backgroimd to the flowers. 

 Just at the back of the flowery bank are Hollies, and 

 then the hedge. This has not yet come to its full 

 height and the top still shows a ragged outline, but in 

 two years' time it will have grown into shape. 



The Primrose garden is in a separate place among 

 Oaks and Hazels. It is for my special strain of large 

 yellow and white bunch Primroses, now arrived at a 

 state of fine quality and development by a system of 

 careful seed-selection that has been carried on for more 

 than thirty years. 



