The Garden 
that We Made 
The Princess gathering 
climbing White Dorothy 
roses. 
had looked very well. 
Forthwith we had one 
erected, with iron poles and 
wire netting, as a back- 
ground for our flower-beds. 
It serves the purpose, and 
is highly decorative covered 
with honeysuckle (both the 
early and the later varieties), 
perennial hops, clematis of 
various kinds, and the sweet little white jessamine (a 
rarity in Sweden), and Periploca gi'ceca , with shining, 
web-formed leaves. Where the espalier seemed thinly 
covered we sowed nasturtiums, just for filling up any odd 
corner. This is a most effective arrangement, and it all 
combines very well indeed. 
The beds are divided into plots about four yards long 
and one yard broad. Each variety of plant gets a square 
to itself. 
Bright Flowers are Nearest 
the Entrance. 
We have no definite scheme, but, as a rule, we try to 
have the gayest and most brilliant-coloured flowers nearest 
the entrance, such as coreopsis, dianthus, and the herb lily 
(. Alstrcemeria ), an exceptionally beautiful flower, which, in 
genial soil, grows and spreads with extraordinary rapidity. 
The old-fashioned sun- It was named by the great Swedish botanist Karl v. Limie 
stand" 'aniiTsV' ' huiT after another well-known botanist, Ivlas Alstroemer. In 
itrope'andiAgeratum. , , i 
addition to these we nave 
sunflowers, lychnis (in some 
countries called the cross of 
Jerusalem), red phlox (or 
so-called Etna), phlox coque- 
licot, eschscholtzia, I om 
Thumb nasturtiums, calen- 
dula, foxgloves in different 
colours, the yellow tree lupin. 
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