The garden that we made . 49 Digitized by IVIicrosoft® The Gardenthat We Made. The Rockery in thesmall garden in Spring,before any planting outwas done. Spring Flowers were theSpeciality of the Yellow-Washed Cottage. The owner of this littlegarden has specialised inspring- flowers, and it is aboutthese that I should like towrite. But in order todescribe the spring flowers1 must go back to theautumn when hundreds andhundreds of bulbs were planted in this prepared , crocus, muscari (or grape hyacinth), scilla,tulips, and so on, were put in during September andOctober; they were pla
The garden that we made . 49 Digitized by IVIicrosoft® The Gardenthat We Made. The Rockery in thesmall garden in Spring,before any planting outwas done. Spring Flowers were theSpeciality of the Yellow-Washed Cottage. The owner of this littlegarden has specialised inspring- flowers, and it is aboutthese that I should like towrite. But in order todescribe the spring flowers1 must go back to theautumn when hundreds andhundreds of bulbs were planted in this prepared , crocus, muscari (or grape hyacinth), scilla,tulips, and so on, were put in during September andOctober; they were planted as close together as possible,and two to three inches deep—for the secret of the richeffect is simply the close planting together of the bulbs. When the spring approaches, the snowdrops are thevery first to peep out from their sheltered and sunny cornerby the cottage wall. There they stand in a long array inthe front of winter aconite, which has little yellow blossomssomewhat like the anemone, and is particularly welcome onaccount of the colour it gives to the otherw
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