. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. 78 THE DEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDEN. are less expensive varieties which are adapted more to naturalistic arrangements. The variety named Belladonna major is so beautiful in rosy white color that it deserves a prominent position in a flower pot or jar where one can reach the flowers to inhale the delicate odor. All of these bulbs should be started in the green- house. Anemon
. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. 78 THE DEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDEN. are less expensive varieties which are adapted more to naturalistic arrangements. The variety named Belladonna major is so beautiful in rosy white color that it deserves a prominent position in a flower pot or jar where one can reach the flowers to inhale the delicate odor. All of these bulbs should be started in the green- house. Anemones are suited to Anemones. , some natural arrange- ment near a woody spot in the garden. I like the single varieties the best, Coro- naria being particularly delicate in charac- ter. Here again is an element of sim- plicity and natural beauty which the well- ordered garden ought to contain. So much might be said about the dahlia that adequate attention to it in this little volume is about impossible ; we may be really glad that the interest in this splendid old-fashioned-garden flower has re- vived. Its foliage is thick and effective, and its flowers rival in glorious color the queen of all the late comers—the chrysanthemum. It does not make much difference Dahhas. , , , ^ what the character ^ of the variety is, \Xs flower is beauti- ful. I hesitate to mention any one ^ in particular lest some beautiful, well- known specimen should seem neglect- ^ ed; but of the kinds most familiar The Stately Dahlia. to me I might (with confidence in their perfect beauty) mention Little Hermon, Rising Sun, Snow Cloud, Duke. The Highly Orna- mental 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Fewkes, A. H. Philadelphia W. A. Burpee
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