. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. HARDY FLOW I RS. Violet (V. pedata), V. calcuata, the pale blue V. cornut i, once so popular for bedding, before the tufted Tansies came into force so prominently, and its while variely alba must not be omitted ; V. cucullata, V. Mundyana, a delightful blue-flowered Violet, the Rouen Violet (V. rothomagensis), purple or white, and V. sylvestris and its forms. No daintier flower group exists. Every kind is precious to the flower gardener. Violets in Summer and Winter.—These fragrant flowers are ever
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. HARDY FLOW I RS. Violet (V. pedata), V. calcuata, the pale blue V. cornut i, once so popular for bedding, before the tufted Tansies came into force so prominently, and its while variely alba must not be omitted ; V. cucullata, V. Mundyana, a delightful blue-flowered Violet, the Rouen Violet (V. rothomagensis), purple or white, and V. sylvestris and its forms. No daintier flower group exists. Every kind is precious to the flower gardener. Violets in Summer and Winter.—These fragrant flowers are ever welcome, and to have them over a long season the plants must be well grown, an important point being to transplant them frequently. A close, thick bed of Violets is charming in spring, but the flowers are usually small, and the stalks short. The way to obtain a plentiful supply of flowers is to select s'rong, healthy single crowns in April or early May, and plant them I ft. apart on ground which h is been 1 i b e rally manured and deeply dug. Trench the ground in winter, giving at the same time Periwinkle ; at least ma or and V. minor, manu re may be able, or any which avail- fresh manure will suffice, and in March give a further dressing of short decom- posed hot-bed manure, fork- ing it in. Early in April rake over the ground, and set out the plants, pressing the roots firmly in the soil. Keep them free from weeds and runners, and if the season is dry mulch between the plants with old compost of any kind. Old mushroom beds broken up fine and spread evenly between the plants pro- vide excellent materLl. This saves watering and encourages growth. The Giant or Czar grown in this way, and planted at the end of September in a sheltered position at the foot of a wall or warm hedge, will flower all the winter. Marie Louise, Princess of Wales, or any other variety,doubleor single,grown either potted up in September or planted in frames, will flower throughout the winter, t
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