. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 422 MY GARDEN. I have at least fifty trees. When planted beside a bright scarlet thorn and a Guelder rose, the combination—especially if conjoined with the flower of the medlar—is marvellous to behold. I have such a group on my swan island ; and when the season is favourable, and all the trees blossom at the same time, the effect is more easily imagined than described. There are two kinds, the Cytisus Laburnum and the C. L. alpinum, the English and Scotch laburnums; the
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 422 MY GARDEN. I have at least fifty trees. When planted beside a bright scarlet thorn and a Guelder rose, the combination—especially if conjoined with the flower of the medlar—is marvellous to behold. I have such a group on my swan island ; and when the season is favourable, and all the trees blossom at the same time, the effect is more easily imagined than described. There are two kinds, the Cytisus Laburnum and the C. L. alpinum, the English and Scotch laburnums; the latter flowering later than the former, and thus prolonging the laburnum blossoming season. The one known as Waterer's variety has blossoms a foot and a half long (fig. 948) ; of this I have one tree. The laburnum is a strikingly beautiful object in the Tete Noir Pass in Switzerland, where I have seen it in flower in June. In Scotland it is common. Though our gardens are usually ornamented with its brilliant pendent blossom, yet in some years. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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