. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 334 My GARDEN. banks of our river. When in flower, the quantity of pollen which is produced is prodigious. From five years of age till within the last few years I suffered annually from hay fever, and could hardly venture beyond the precincts of London when this grass was in flower, which was generally between the loth and 20th of June. The malady, how- ever, suddenly left me, and I can now look with impunity at the pollen which falls from the flower. Whilst the disease
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 334 My GARDEN. banks of our river. When in flower, the quantity of pollen which is produced is prodigious. From five years of age till within the last few years I suffered annually from hay fever, and could hardly venture beyond the precincts of London when this grass was in flower, which was generally between the loth and 20th of June. The malady, how- ever, suddenly left me, and I can now look with impunity at the pollen which falls from the flower. Whilst the disease lasted, nothing benefited me but opium, tobacco, and darkness. There is a variety, of this grass with coloured leaves which has been sometimes used for edging. The Carex pendula (fig- 758) is a wild plant, growing near London. I remember, when a student, finding. Fig, 757.—Cock's-foot Grass. Fig. 75S.—Carex pendula. it at Hampstead. It grows freely at Hornsey. It is a magnificent plant, and is very showy. The effect of the common sedge by the side of our lake is fine, and is well shown in plate 16, where the sedge between the eel-trap and the Overfall adds greatly to the general effect. WEEDS AND WILD PLANTS. "By the love Of their wild blossoms our young footsteps first Into her deep recesses are ;—Mrs. Hemans. Byron, speaking of the wild plants of Italy, says, "All thy weeds are flowers;" which may truly be said of those of my garden, for many beautiful flowers come up spontaneously as weeds, without our care, without our thought, and without our cultivation. The first. 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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