. 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. THE ANXUALS. 91 Ac<ssm no particular fancy for the white or pink varieties, but I have no doubt that they would appear effective in the filling up of many bare corners. ALYSSUM ^ particularly like the Benthami Compac- tuni variety. It does not sprawl over everything near it, as some of the other kinds do. But there is nothing really beautiful about sweet alyssum; it
. 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. THE ANXUALS. 91 Ac<ssm no particular fancy for the white or pink varieties, but I have no doubt that they would appear effective in the filling up of many bare corners. ALYSSUM ^ particularly like the Benthami Compac- tuni variety. It does not sprawl over everything near it, as some of the other kinds do. But there is nothing really beautiful about sweet alyssum; it is rather useful, and gives some pretty effects when used judiciously among other larger flowers. Its white is grayish looking and alto- gether too fine and fussy for any color effect in masses. As for the yellow variety (Saxa- tile compactuni), a perennial, it is very lovely and well worth cultivating on account of its profuse yellow bloom, and its permanence, what Mr. Fewkes says about it. This is a plant which is especially valu- ^THUS^" ^^^^ ^°'" ^o^i^g^ effects, and notwithstand- ing the fact that it has a coarse weedy nature, it is of greatest importance to the garden on account of its ornamental nature. The varieties which I consider most attractive from the artist's standpoint are : Caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding). Melancholicus Ruber. Salicifolius (Fountain Plant). Tricolor Splendens (Joseph's Coat). Superbus ("Fire Brand").. 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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