. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 160 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. !)or(ler flower. At all events, when planted in the hordev it is exposed to the risk of being' dug up and destroyed— a risk it shares in common with many good things that never last long where the practice of isromiscuous digging of borders is permitted. The jobbing gardener appears to have been commissioned by INIephistopheles to crush out of existence all the good hardy plants, and to supply in their place geraniums at three shillings a dozen. He does his best, at all e\'ents, to annihilate da
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 160 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. !)or(ler flower. At all events, when planted in the hordev it is exposed to the risk of being' dug up and destroyed— a risk it shares in common with many good things that never last long where the practice of isromiscuous digging of borders is permitted. The jobbing gardener appears to have been commissioned by INIephistopheles to crush out of existence all the good hardy plants, and to supply in their place geraniums at three shillings a dozen. He does his best, at all e\'ents, to annihilate daffodils, and pffionies, and delphiniums, and day-lilies, and aconites, and dielytras, because they do not show themselves at the time when he plies his spade industriously. Perhaps he ought to know that their roots are alive below ground, and ought not to be made into mincemeat; but we must make allowances, for it often happens that between what is and what " ought " to be there is a great gulf fixed, and a man may be a gardener and yet not know everythino" Primed by Cassell & Company, Limited, La Belle Sautagb, Lohix>n, 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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