Stray Leaves from a Border Garden 
Jasmine nudiflorum and sundry China - roses and a 
Niphetos on a wall were all in bloom, while in a garden- 
border (sheltered, I must admit) were a few lingering pink 
Carnations and two Azaleas, which the proud owner told me 
always weathered an outdoor winter. Pernettyas were 
looking very pretty, all pink berried, in another garden-bed. 
My poor little garden meantime contains only a few China- 
rosebuds, and, of course, the eternal evergreens, of which I 
get so tired by the end of the long, long winter — “ le deail 
de Tete et Vornement de Vhiver ,” Madame de Stael calls 
evergreens. 
