. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. Part I. DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION. Stones in isolated, lonely-looking tufts; but it is only when Gentians and silvery Cudweeds, and minute white Butter- cups, and strange large Violets, and Harebells that waste all their strength in flowers, and fairy Daffodils that droop their heads as gracefully as Snowdrops, are seen forming a. Ledge of Alpine Flowers (a Garden Sketch). dense turf of living enamelled work, that alpine flowers are seen in all their beauty. Fortunately the flowery turf and stony mound are much more possibl
. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. Part I. DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION. Stones in isolated, lonely-looking tufts; but it is only when Gentians and silvery Cudweeds, and minute white Butter- cups, and strange large Violets, and Harebells that waste all their strength in flowers, and fairy Daffodils that droop their heads as gracefully as Snowdrops, are seen forming a. Ledge of Alpine Flowers (a Garden Sketch). dense turf of living enamelled work, that alpine flowers are seen in all their beauty. Fortunately the flowery turf and stony mound are much more possible to us than the bare moraine blocks or arid cliffs. In cultivating the very rarest and most minute alpine plants, the stony, or partially stony, surface is to be preferred. In their case we cannot allow the struggle for life to have its own relentless way, or we should often have to grieve at finding the Eritrichium from the high Alps of Europe over- run and exterminated by a dwarf American Phlox, and similar cases. Perfect exposure is also necessary to complete success with very minute plants, and the stones are very useful in preventing excessive evaporation from their roots. Few people have any conception of the great number of alpine plants that may be grown on the fully exposed level ground as readily as the common Chamomile; but there are, on the other hand, not a {q\v that require some care to establish. 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 Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935; Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914. London : Murray
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