. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. Canadian Violet (Viola canadensis).. Fennel-leaved Peony( tenuifolia flore-pleno). Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber). Thompsons Lily (LiliumThomiwoniannm). SOICE HARDY ILOWERS OF THE WEEK IN LONDON GARDENS. 452 THE GAEDBN. [May 13, 1876. which are often many flowering plants upon ita wide-distorted head,thus makes a very curious spectacle. As the Willow grows rapidlyto maturity, its duration is proportionally short, and, shattered bywinds and storms, it bends in a decrepit state oyer the streams onwhose banks
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. Canadian Violet (Viola canadensis).. Fennel-leaved Peony( tenuifolia flore-pleno). Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber). Thompsons Lily (LiliumThomiwoniannm). SOICE HARDY ILOWERS OF THE WEEK IN LONDON GARDENS. 452 THE GAEDBN. [May 13, 1876. which are often many flowering plants upon ita wide-distorted head,thus makes a very curious spectacle. As the Willow grows rapidlyto maturity, its duration is proportionally short, and, shattered bywinds and storms, it bends in a decrepit state oyer the streams onwhose banks it grows— stooping as if to drink, Cowper says—and becoming hollow with a still sprouting head, is easily over,thrown. Fallen Willows often form rustic bridges, useful to thewanderer in crossing streams where there is no foot-path to aid hisprogress. Nature gives some compensation to the Willow for itashort natural life by giving it means of resuscitation in several ways,and it clings to life with remarkable energy. Even if the trunk bebroken and the head blown off, if the latter only retain the slightest
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