The garden that we made . structed in theyear 1911. An open space round thewell is paved with the samekind of stone, in the corners ofwhich there are little flower-beds, These are somewhatraised, and are edged withlow stone walls. This yearwe had planted these littlebeds with begonias—a dif-ferent colour in every bed. Informer years we once had flax,then we had petunias, and theyear after that geraniums—in white and pink varieties. On each side of these flower corners we put large redflower-pots with white marguerites—that busy, generousplant which never tires of putting forth fresh blooms. In
The garden that we made . structed in theyear 1911. An open space round thewell is paved with the samekind of stone, in the corners ofwhich there are little flower-beds, These are somewhatraised, and are edged withlow stone walls. This yearwe had planted these littlebeds with begonias—a dif-ferent colour in every bed. Informer years we once had flax,then we had petunias, and theyear after that geraniums—in white and pink varieties. On each side of these flower corners we put large redflower-pots with white marguerites—that busy, generousplant which never tires of putting forth fresh blooms. In the crevices between the large flagstones of thepaved space are white thyme and dwarf campanula. Butthe large tufts of radiant blue veronica longifolia, that arecropping up everywhere in the crevices, have just plantedthemselves. They are a gift of Nature ! And so are thedaisies, a salmon-pink Dianthus baTbattis, delphinium, andthe many golden patches of stonecrop. The entire square is surrounded with large flower-. White Phlox Nasturtiums foreground. 17 Digitized by IVIicrosoft® The Gardenthat We Made A corner of the HerbGarden, beside thegardeners cottage. beds with the espalier background after the manner of thebroad middle path ; and this scheme continues along thearm of the cross-road which leads up to a typical cosy-little Swedish cottage with thatched roof. Here thegardener lives. The GardenersCottage. The cottage, though recently erected, looks as old asthe well does, and it gives a charming finish to the long,gay, multi-coloured Walk. The entire length of the Walkfrom the well to the cottage is edged with roses. Roses,roses all the way—roses of every kind, every size, andevery colour. Each variety has its own square ; but on anarrow strip along the edges of the path there is, first,Gruss au Teplitz, then—supposing one has had enough oftheir red colour—one can refresh the eye with the snowysplendour of Frau Karl Druschki, until one can againrejoice in the
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