. 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. Our ideas of poppies are generallv pretty A White Type. , , .', ' ^ .,, ,,^ , •/ ^ closely associated with the scarlet types ; but I think one of the most beautiful of all the varieties is the fairy-like white flower, semi-double, which we may find in the Ranunculus division. Its petals appear as though spun from the thinnest and finest white silk ; nothing can possibl
. 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. Our ideas of poppies are generallv pretty A White Type. , , .', ' ^ .,, ,,^ , •/ ^ closely associated with the scarlet types ; but I think one of the most beautiful of all the varieties is the fairy-like white flower, semi-double, which we may find in the Ranunculus division. Its petals appear as though spun from the thinnest and finest white silk ; nothing can possibly be daintier, nothing lovelier, nor purer. Ah ! it is indeed a difficult thinj to choose the most beautiful of all beautiful objects. In the flower garden, justice is well- nigh impossible. Which is the beauty of all beauties, is a rose, a lily, a chrysanthemum, a \ ' ^ poppy, or a paeony ? We must remember that the individual flower must be considered, not the family to which it belongs. I will say, therefore, that this charming white poppy of which I speak, is far more lovely than many a white rose. It is my delight to grow a large bed of the daintiest white and deli- cate tinted poppies, from which every a Dainty , , , , , , , Character. red-dressed character has been removed. Those individual poppies which seem to me perfectly beautiful (I mean just what I say—beauty without an imperfection) are these :— Ranunculus-flowered.—Salmon pink, white-edged ; pure pink, white-edged ; deep maroon pink, streaky, with a central cluster of sage-green stamens; maroonish red and white (reminding one of gingham) ; pure pink ; jnire white; intense red. Japanese Pompon.—Deep salmon pink; pure scarlet; pure 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), 1854-1
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