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plant pansies and much more besides!
Yesterday I visited the house & garden again.
We have paid £2250 for the place, but there is
much to be done both outside and in.
Ormsacre is a most attractive place, its
garden & beds full of choice flowers. I
have collected many old fashioned
roses, rosa of the Scotch variety, moss roses,
Gallica roses and other varieties, besides the
finer teas and hybrids, I have - of late
acquired a number of geranium species
and I have a considerable collection
of gentiana. As far as possible these
will be removed to the Weir Hill.
The area of the new gardens is very small,
but as it consists of a 10 – 12 feet flower
border, around the little lawn, there is
some scope for gardening. The house
is to be advertised forthwith with entry
to the purchaser in November. Already I
have heard of two couples looking out
for something of the sort. There is
a considerable amount of work to be
undertaken on our new home. Mary is
delighted; so am I, for when I ‘pass
out’ she will be among friends in a

home of her own. There has been a tragedy
in the family - My niece Pamela Murray, wife
of Col. [Colonel] Granville Murray, died in hospital,
from a tumour in the brain and left three
children, the eldest, a girl of fifteen, and
the youngest a boy of seven. The second one is
also a girl. I am glad to say that both
Sandy and Mary approve of the new purchase
at Melrose. I shall miss the great
wealth of flowers there is here, but - I shall find
compensation in the human contacts. I am
pleased that both Sandy and Mary are
delighted. I have a letter from the former
every week. It is an excellent habit this
regular intercommunication. All my
life I practised it with my sister Chrissie
and I don’t think since I went to school
that a week has passed when we did not write
to one another, except when one or other was
hindered by illness. What a change
there has been in our standard of living since
the late war began! We live now happily on
a meagre standard, that 20 years ago we
would have thought could hardly keep us
alive! Dinner at home never consists of more
than two meagre courses! I see
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