May 5—The dignified Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is now in full flower and the tall flower spikes, rising out of a mass of handsome leaves, are adding charm to the herbaceous border. "Fairy thimbles" as these flowers are often called, are biennials; but they will flower with the same treatment as that given to an-unals. This year, we have seen beds of plants grown from seed sown late in September, the flower spikes are not so tall as those on plants grown from earlier sowings, but they were very pretty, nevertheless. We did not see an: gloves in a charming little garden we visited on Tunsin Road a few days ago, but there were dozens of other annuals in flower: as a matter of fact, the place was literally a mass of bloom. There was a garden within a garden on the east side of the residence: a white "Wendy" house, looking very neat and tidy with its window boxes full of scarlet geraniums and its white garden railings enclosing a small garden planted with violets and phlox and protected from cold winds by a tall euonymus hedge. In front of the "Wendy" house there is a very high swing which must give much pleasure to the youngsters, for all members of the younger generation love to "fly" so high as they can do on the swing we saw. The lawn is divided into two sections by a large group of trees growing on a mound: there were maples, flowering peaches and many other trees with a bed of verbena here and there and an occasional globe artichoke to add a touch of colour to the scene. Along the east side of the garden, fronting a mixed shrubbery, a large flower-bed was looking very gay with antirrhinums, pansies, phlox, stocks, larkspurs and other plants. A closely clipped "Box" hedge along the front of the terrace gave it a next appearance and provided und for the goral and agav beds in front must have be
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