. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. HARDY EXOTIC! FLOWERIXfl PLANTS, 149 -There is a deep green and are easily naturalised and very liamlsojne, «itli tlicir little s])ilies nf flowers of many shades of blue. Forget-me-not, Afj/oso^iV.—Tliere is one species, U. dissi- tiflora, not inferior in beauty to any of our handsomest native Iviiids and which is well worthy of naturalisation everj-where, thri\-ing liest on moist and sandy soil. Molopospermum cicutarium. - ferndike beauty dis
. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. HARDY EXOTIC! FLOWERIXfl PLANTS, 149 -There is a deep green and are easily naturalised and very liamlsojne, «itli tlicir little s])ilies nf flowers of many shades of blue. Forget-me-not, Afj/oso^iV.—Tliere is one species, U. dissi- tiflora, not inferior in beauty to any of our handsomest native Iviiids and which is well worthy of naturalisation everj-where, thri\-ing liest on moist and sandy soil. Molopospermum cicutarium. - ferndike beauty dis- played profusely by some of the Umbel- liferous family, but I have rarely met with one so remarkably at- tractive as this species It is a very ornamental plant, with large, deeply-divided leaves of a lively green colour, forming a dense irregu- lar bush. The flowers, which are insignificant and of a yellowisli- white colour, are borne in small roundish umbels. Many of the class, while very ele- gant, perish quickly, get shabby indeed by the end of June, and are therefore out of place in the flower Xype of plants seldom grown in gardens. garden; but this is flrni in character, of a fine ricli green, stout yet spreading in habit, growing more than 3 feet high, and making altogether a most pleasing Ijusb. It is perfectly hardy, and easily increased by seed or division, Imt rare as yet. It loves a deep moist soil, but will tllri^•e in any good garden soil. It is a fine subject for isolation or grouping with other hardy and graceful-leaved Umbelliferous plants. Stock, Matthiola.—Showy flowers, mostly fragrant, peculiarly well suited for old ruins, chalk pits, stony banks, etc. Some of the annual. 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. L
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