June  30,  1898. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
531 
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MANURE 
THURSDAY,  JUNE  SO,  1898. 
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IN  THE  HARDEN  IN  SUMMER. 
The  garden  is  gay  with  its  summer  bravery.  It 
has  put  off  its  delicate  colouring  of  early 
spring  and  the  brighter  hues  of  the  later  time,  and 
is  now  full  of  the  pomp  of  the  season.  The  great 
Pseonies  are  resplendent  with  colour ;  big  Oriental 
Poppies  flaunt  in  the  summer  sun,  with  many 
humbler  hut  not  less  beautiful  sisters  of  the  race  ; 
Irises,  in  many  beautiful  colours,  are  in  flower  ; 
and  we  echo  and  re-echo  the  words  of  Longfellow, 
and  say : — 
“  0  flower  of  song,  bloom  on,  and  make  for  ever 
The  world  more  fair  and  sweet.” 
The  queenly  Rose  gladdens  us  in  the  border  and 
on  the  wall,  and  Lilies  fair  open  their  milk-white 
or  crimson  flowers  to  delight  us.  There  is  one 
fly  in  the  pot  of  ointment  among  the  Lilies,  and 
that  is  the  old  yellow  L.  pyrenaicum,  whose 
turned-back  flowers  emit  so  strong  an  odour  as  to 
be  far  from  pleasant,  especially  on  a  calm  evening, 
when  we  would  loiter  in  the  garden  and  enjoy  the 
beauty  and  fragrance  of  its  varied  occupants. 
Sweet  Pinks  strive  to  drown  the  odour  of  the 
Pyrenean  Lily  by  their  delicious  perfume,  and  the 
earlier  Carnations  join  in  the  contest,  while  the 
scent  of  the  Rose — ever  unique — is  welcomed  as 
we  pass  the  bushes.  There  are  Meadow  Sweets, 
too,  pleasant  enough  out  of  doors,  but  sickly  when 
in  the  room,  though  we  seek  to  make  it  more 
pleasant  by  a  diffusion  ot  the  old  sweet  Balm  and 
odorous  Thyme. 
I  here  is  much  fragrance  in  the  garden — some  of 
it  sweet  and  soft,  and  all-sufficing  in  itself;  but 
some  needing  to  be  toned  down  by  leaves  and 
flowers  less  marked  in  their  perfumes.  Not 
altogether  scentless,  but  not  pleasantly  so,  are  the 
Pyrethrums,  gloriously  beautiful  with  tasselled 
heads,  or  Daisy-like  in  their  beauty  as  in  the  single 
forms;  while  the  tall  Delphiniums,  which  have 
begun  to  open  their  spikes  of  blue,  are  among  our 
scentless  flowers.  Creeping,  or  rather  clambering, 
over  trees  and  trellises  are  honey -odoured  Honey¬ 
suckles— beautiful,  and  sweet  as  leantiful.  Would 
that  we  made  more  use  of  them,  to  the  gain  of  our 
gardens  in  grace  and  in  fragrance. 
No.  9696.— VoL.  XCVIIL,  Old  Serihs. 
No.  940.— VOL.  XXXVI.,  Third  Series. 
