1 96 HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
quantities of violets planted on it, both Princess 
of Wales and Admiral Avellan, the hardy 
crimson-purple kind. At the sunny end are 
beds of autumn-sown annuals, such as nemo- 
phila, Iceland poppies, and larkspurs, which 
are thinned out to plant elsewhere in the 
spring, and the rest left for cutting. A large 
white jasmine and a blue shrubby clematis are 
on each side of the door leading into the 
kitchen garden beyond. At the further and 
shady end of the east border are beds of lily 
of the valley, the variety Fortin’s Giant being 
particularly fine. These should be planted in 
early spring, not autumn, and should have 
waterings of some stimulant in June or a 
mulching. 
The border to the north wall, on which are 
Cordon gooseberries and Morelia cherries, 
has some clumps of Iris foetidissima grown for 
the sake of its handsome foliage and its orange 
seeds, as winter decoration, and large clumps 
of Spircea hindleyana . 
Most of the borders are edged with stones, 
over which grow saxifrage or pinks. They 
keep things tidier and do not show, and in 
summer afford a cool shelter for the little 
fibrous roots which hide underneath them. 
The centre of this walled garden has a wide 
