208 herbaceous garden 
Another year this border was given up to 
eremuri in all its varieties of pink, peach, 
lemon, cream and white, rising from a ground- 
work of Alstrcemeria chilense in its gorgeous 
azalea-like colourings. 
For two or three years the warmest border, 
which is slightly on a slope, was given up to 
carnations. Six hundred plants were grown 
in four varieties only, of the hardiest and most 
profuse floweret's, namely, Audrey Campbell, 
pale yellow ; George Maquay, white ; Raby 
Castle, pink ; and a scarlet seedling. This bed 
was filled with bloom for two months ; indeed, 
Audrey Campbell flowered right through the 
summer and into November, and armfuls of 
grey-green and white loveliness were cut from 
George Maquay, which grows so luxuriantly 
that it was never necessary to see if any buds 
were cut by mistake. 
Raby Castle has the bad fault of splitting, 
worse in some gardens than others, and is 
being replaced by such new sorts as Mrs 
Nicholson and Adeline. 
We used a great deal of cow manure as a 
subsoil, and the ground, before planting, was 
well pressed down by means of a plank with a 
good big gardener to stand on it. The plank 
was used for kneeling on, and was gradually 
