Home and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a worker in both . to establishgood rule in place of oppression; whose work is to cleanse the land, to clear the dark places and letin the law ? And so throughout our gardens there are manyplants which are not botanically either Roses or Lilies,but because they are beautiful, and have a form thatsomewhat recalls that of these two kinds of flov/ers,the words Rose and Lily, with some other, either de-scriptive or qualifying, make up their popular Ave have Christmas Rose and Lenten Rose for theflowers of the Hellebore family
Home and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a worker in both . to establishgood rule in place of oppression; whose work is to cleanse the land, to clear the dark places and letin the law ? And so throughout our gardens there are manyplants which are not botanically either Roses or Lilies,but because they are beautiful, and have a form thatsomewhat recalls that of these two kinds of flov/ers,the words Rose and Lily, with some other, either de-scriptive or qualifying, make up their popular Ave have Christmas Rose and Lenten Rose for theflowers of the Hellebore family that are so welcomefrom mid-winter to April; Rock-Rose and Sun-Rosefor Cistus and Helianthemum, Guelder Rose for thewhite ball-flowers of the garden form of the Water-Elder, so good a shrub for many uses, not the leastamong these being as a wall-covering. For though itis absolutely hardy, it is right and reasonable to clotheour garden walls with whatever will make them lookbest, whether thoroughly hardy or not; and beautifulas the Guelder Rose is as a flowering bush, I think it. Guelder Rose and Garden Door. ROSES AND LILIES 79 better still on a wall; moreover, for wall spaces withwindy or cold exposures there can be nothing moresuitable. The accompanying illustration shows howwell it graces wall and doorway. Rose of Sharon is the popular name of the autumn-blooming shrubs of Syrian origin allied to Mallow andHollyhock, botanically known as Hibiscus sp-aicus orAlthcea frutex; the names are synonymous. Theyare sKghtly tender, and do best against or near a wall,or in any case in a warm, sheltered place. All arepretty things, but among the later grown kinds thereare two especially good, one a double white, the otherof quite a good blue colour; the type colour is arather wild-mallow-like pink. The word Lily is still oftener used as a com-ponent of honour in the names of beautiful flowersboth within and beyond the large botanical order ofLUiacece. And when I am asked whether such ap
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