Colour in the flower garden . l but with yellow flowers muchlarger in proportion ; with Myrrhis and purple Honestyat the back and sheets of Sweet Woodruff to the front. There are Tree Peonies in the long border and thetwo others. It is difficult to grow them in my hot,dry, sandy soil, even though I make them a liberalprovision of just such a compost as I think they willlike. I have noticed that they do best when closelyovershadowed by some other growing thing. In thetwo near beds there are some Mme. Alfred Carriere Rosesthat are trained to arch over to the angles, so to com-fort and encourage
Colour in the flower garden . l but with yellow flowers muchlarger in proportion ; with Myrrhis and purple Honestyat the back and sheets of Sweet Woodruff to the front. There are Tree Peonies in the long border and thetwo others. It is difficult to grow them in my hot,dry, sandy soil, even though I make them a liberalprovision of just such a compost as I think they willlike. I have noticed that they do best when closelyovershadowed by some other growing thing. In thetwo near beds there are some Mme. Alfred Carriere Rosesthat are trained to arch over to the angles, so to com-fort and encourage the Peonies. These beds have an^formal edging of Stachys lanata, one of the most usefulof plants for grey effects. Through it come whiteTulips in irregular patches. The long border has also Tree Peonies planted abouttwo and a half feet from the edge. Partly to give thebed a sort of backbone, and partly to shelter the TreePeonies, it has some bushes of Veronica Tr aver si andone or two Leycesteria formosa. In the middle of the. oO hi o hft*
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