. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 124 VAMILIAK GAItDEX FLOlFEnS. a border flower will bear partial shade. But to nl)tain a fine bloom the soil should be rich and deep as fur the dwari lobelias and verbenas, none of which ever attain ti> per- fection in a starving soil. The evolutirmists have concluded that bbie (lowers are derived from red and white flowers by a long' process of modification, l>lue being' a sign of the highest order of de- velopment in the vegetable kingdom. Thus, they say, is explained the comparative scarcity of blue amongst flowers
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 124 VAMILIAK GAItDEX FLOlFEnS. a border flower will bear partial shade. But to nl)tain a fine bloom the soil should be rich and deep as fur the dwari lobelias and verbenas, none of which ever attain ti> per- fection in a starving soil. The evolutirmists have concluded that bbie (lowers are derived from red and white flowers by a long' process of modification, l>lue being' a sign of the highest order of de- velopment in the vegetable kingdom. Thus, they say, is explained the comparative scarcity of blue amongst flowers. We have not many in the garden, nor are there many in the field. ^Vhile the nodding squill makes a blue cloud on the skirts of the woodland, we may find on the rail\\:n" banks and hedgerows a blue to match it in the germander speedwell, and at the same time there should be seen on the garden rockery three blue flowers of the most glorious character. They are LitJio-speniiiim jjrof<friifiii;i, Veronica snsafilis, and Mi/osoii-i nipicohi. A few large sheets of these on a spacious and sunny rockery will effect a surprise in the months of Ma}' and 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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