Kashmir

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178 THE RESIDENCY GARDEN

2Carmine Pillar; and we had our first plateful of

3strawberries.

4A light mauve iris, a native of Kashmir, now

5came into bloom; geraniums and some lovely

6varieties of Shirley poppy which I had obtained

7from Mr. Luther Burbank, the famous plant-breeder

8of California, began to blossom ; and roses of every

9variety came rapidly on till the garden became a

10blaze of colour.

11The first of some remarkably beautiful del-

12phiniums — some a deep blue, some sky blue, and

13some opalescent — which I had also obtained from

14Luther Burbank appeared in bloom on May 17th.

15A spell of hot weather now set in, and on May

1621st the maximum temperature rose to 84° in the

17shade and 134° in the sun, and the minimum to 54°.

18By May 25th the roses were at their maximum

19of beauty. The sweetly-scented and delicately-

20coloured La France roses were at perfection. Rich

21bushes of General Jacqueminot, of John Hopper, of

22the pink rose of Kashmir, and of many other kinds

23whose names I do not know, formed great masses of

24colour against the soft green leaves and the plenti-

25ful foliage of the chenar trees. William Alan

26Richardson climbed over the trellises. The Shirley

27poppies gave every deep or delicate shade of red