Another region belongs to June ; so that at that time
the big border has only some incidents pf good bloom,
though the groimd is rapidly covering with the strong
patches, most of them from three to five years old, of
the later blooming perennials. But early in the month
there are some clumps of the beautiful Iris Pallida
dalnuUica in the regions of grey foliage, and of the
splendid blue-purple bloom of Geranium ibericum
platyphyllum, the best of the large Cranesbills, and the

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slow-growing Dictamnus FraxineUa (the white variety),
and Meadowsweets white and pink, Foxgloves and
Canterbury Bells, and to the front some long-established
sheets of Iheris sempervirens that have grown right
on to the path. The large Yuccas, Y. gloriosa and
y. recurva are throwing up their massive spikes, though
it will be July before they actually flower, and the
blooms on some bushes of the great Euphorbia Wulfmii^
although they were flowers of May and their almost
yellow colour is turning greener, are still conspicuous
and ornamental. Then the plants in the middle of
the wall, Choisya ternata and Clematis montana are still
full of white bloom and the Guelder Rose is hanging
out its great white balls. I like to plant the Guelder
Rose and Clematis montana together. Nothing does
better on north or east walls, and it is pleasant to see
the way the Clematis flings its graceful garlands over
and through the stiff branches of the Viburnum.
The more brilliant patches of colour in the big border
in June are of Oriental Poppies intergrouped with
Gypsophila, which will cover their space when they
have died down, and the earlier forms of Lilium cfoceum
of that dark orange colour that* almost approaches
scarlet.
