. The wild garden, or the naturalization and natural grouping of hardy exotic plants with a chapter on the garden of British wild flowers. Gardens; Wild flowers. Some Results 131 Solomon's Seal, which is often charming on the fringes of shrubberies, is here arching high over the Woodruff and other woodland flowers, among which it seems a giant, showing fine form with every leaf, and stem, and blossom. The vigour and grace shown by this plant in rich soil are delightful. The greater Celandine (Cheli- donium majus) and its double form are very pretty here with their tufts of golden flowers, taki
. The wild garden, or the naturalization and natural grouping of hardy exotic plants with a chapter on the garden of British wild flowers. Gardens; Wild flowers. Some Results 131 Solomon's Seal, which is often charming on the fringes of shrubberies, is here arching high over the Woodruff and other woodland flowers, among which it seems a giant, showing fine form with every leaf, and stem, and blossom. The vigour and grace shown by this plant in rich soil are delightful. The greater Celandine (Cheli- donium majus) and its double form are very pretty here with their tufts of golden flowers, taking care of them- selves. The same may be said of the Honesty, the com- mon Columbine, and Allium Moly, an old plant, which is one of the many at home in the wild garden, and better left out of the garden proper. The myriads of Crocus leaves dying off with- out the indignity of being cut off or tied into bundles as is common in gardens, the dense growth of Aconite and Snow- drop leaves, of coloured and common Primroses and Cowslips, suggest the beauty of this wild garden earlier in spring. The yet unfolded buds on the many groups of Pseonies, promise noble effects early in June; so do the colonies of the splendid Eastern Poppy (Papa- ver orientale) and the Lilies, and Sweet Williams, and Lupins, which will show their blossoms above or among the summer Grass in due time. The most K 2. 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. London, J. Murray
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