THE FLOWER BORDER IN AUGUST 69 



Snapdragons, tall white and tall yellow, spire up 

 five feet high, following the earlier Foxgloves. At 

 the back is the pretty pink Dahlia Asia with sulphur 

 and pale pink Hollyhocks. A little further along, 

 and staked out so as to take the place of the clumps 

 of Verbascum Chaixii that were so fine at the end of 

 June, is Dahlia Mrs. Hawkins — palest yellow with a 

 slight pink flush. Forward is a group of a Pentstemon 

 of palest pink colouring named Spitzberg, that 1 had 

 from Messrs. Barr's nursery, then a patch or two 

 of palest blue Spiderwort, and, quite to the front; 

 in any spaces there may be among the grey foliage, 

 Lobelia " Cobalt Blue," the taller Lobelia tenuior, and 

 the pretty Uttle blue-flowered Cape Daisy, Agathea 

 ccelestis. 



The whole border is backed by a stone wall eleven 

 feet high, now fully clothed with shrubs and plants 

 that take their place in the colour scheme, either for 

 tint of bloom or mass of foliage. Thus the red-leaved 

 Claret Vine shows as background to the rich red region, 

 and Robinia hispida stands where its pink clusters 

 will tell rightly ; Choisya and Cistus cyprius where 

 their dark foliage and white bloom will be of 'value ; 

 the greyish foliage and abundant pale lilac blossom 

 of Abutilon vitifolium in the grey and purple region, 

 and the pale green foliage of the deciduous Magnolia 

 conspicua showing as a backgroimd to the tender blue 

 of a charming pale Delphiniiun. 



The shrubs and plants on the wall are not all there 

 because they are things rare and precious or absolutely 

 needing the shelter of the wall, though some of them 



