Planning the Paths 
and the Flower- Beds 
Against the wall a hedge 
of lavender was planted, 
and outside of that are 
the always good-tempered 
and grateful little mari- 
golds. A low clipped 
edging of box completes 
the long straight bed. In 
any odd angles of the 
wall there are clumps of 
the red spircea which has 
such a troublesome long 
botanical name. How- 
ever, as it is highly decora- 
tive, it is worth one’s 
while to learn its name — 
Spircea Bumaldi Antony Waterer. Thus, at last, we 
found a design for this flower-bed which pleased us 
very much, and which has stood the test of many 
years in spite of our strong sun and our gales from 
the narrow strip of sea where the Baltic and the North 
Sea meet. 
The wall itself we have tried to decorate, too, partly 
in order to hide an ugly cement- line. An old Gloire de 
Dijon stood there before our time, and that is now tlanked 
by the self-clinging Virginia creeper ( Ampelopsis Vcitchii) 
and the pale blue glycine. 
The other sides of the house are well covered 
with ivy. 
A mass 
lions, ‘ 
of White Carna- 
* Mrs. Sinkins.” 
We Planted Crimson Ramblers 
on a Lower Terrace. 
On a lower terrace, where it forms a large round sweep, 
we planted crimson ramblers, training them over low 
arches. Here is also an old-fashioned sundial encircled 
by fan-shaped flower-beds of heliotrope and ageratum, 
both of which are annuals. The blue flowers blend 
charmingly, and contrast very prettily with the crimson 
ramblers. 
