. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 9P2,—Myrtus communis. Fig. q8o.—Venetian Sumach. Fig. 981.—Bog Myrtle. In the damp places of the garden the aromatic Bog Myrtle {Myrica Gale, fig. 981) grows. It abounds in Scotland in the Mosses, and in Yorkshire they make gale beer of it. The leaves exhale a delicious perfume, especially when bruised. The Yuccas always form striking objects -for a garden. The Y. gloriosa is by far the largest. It has a bad habit of throwing up its wonderful spike of bell-like flo
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 9P2,—Myrtus communis. Fig. q8o.—Venetian Sumach. Fig. 981.—Bog Myrtle. In the damp places of the garden the aromatic Bog Myrtle {Myrica Gale, fig. 981) grows. It abounds in Scotland in the Mosses, and in Yorkshire they make gale beer of it. The leaves exhale a delicious perfume, especially when bruised. The Yuccas always form striking objects -for a garden. The Y. gloriosa is by far the largest. It has a bad habit of throwing up its wonderful spike of bell-like flowers so late in autumn that it does not come into full blossom before the frost destroys it. Nevertheless it cannot be dispensed with on account of the distinct contrast to all other plants which it presents. The flowers well with me. The Myrtle {Myrtus communis, fig. 982) is a classical plant, which flourishes in South European countries. According to Herodotus, the. 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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