. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. ALPINE FLOWERS PART I. CULTURAL AND STRUCTURAL. Ix treating of the culture of alpine plants, the first important consideration is that much dil^erence exists among them as regards constitution and vigour. We have, on the one hand, a number of valuable subjects that merely require to be sown or planted in the roughest way to flourish— the common Arabis and Aubrietia for example ; but, on the other, there are many kinds, like Gentiana verna, and the Primulas of the high Alps, with many of their beautiful companions near the
. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. ALPINE FLOWERS PART I. CULTURAL AND STRUCTURAL. Ix treating of the culture of alpine plants, the first important consideration is that much dil^erence exists among them as regards constitution and vigour. We have, on the one hand, a number of valuable subjects that merely require to be sown or planted in the roughest way to flourish— the common Arabis and Aubrietia for example ; but, on the other, there are many kinds, like Gentiana verna, and the Primulas of the high Alps, with many of their beautiful companions near the perpetual snows, which we rarely or never see in good health in these islands, or elsewhere, in gardens. It is as to the less vigorous species that advice is chiefly required. Nearly the whole of the misfortunes which these little plants have met with in our gardens are to be attributed to a false conception of what a rockwork ought to be, and of what the true alpine plant requires. These plants live on high mountains; therefore it is erro- neously thought the}' will do best in our gardens if merely I. 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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