. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. EIMBELLISHMENT OF SHRUBBERY BORDERS. 115 would have to be made here and there. In the case of young shrubberies it is, of course, necessary at first to keep the surface open for a while until the shrubs have taken hold of the ground; then the interesting colonies to which we alluded may be planted. An essential thing is to abolish utterly the old dotting. Colony of the Snowdrop-Anemone in Shrubbery not dug. Anemone taking the place of weeds or bare ear
. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. EIMBELLISHMENT OF SHRUBBERY BORDERS. 115 would have to be made here and there. In the case of young shrubberies it is, of course, necessary at first to keep the surface open for a while until the shrubs have taken hold of the ground; then the interesting colonies to which we alluded may be planted. An essential thing is to abolish utterly the old dotting. Colony of the Snowdrop-Anemone in Shrubbery not dug. Anemone taking the place of weeds or bare earth. principle of the mixed border, as always ugly and always bad from a cultural point of view. Instead of sticking a number of things in one place, with many labels, and graduating them from the back to the front, so as to secure the stiffest imagin- able kind of arrangement, the true way is to have in each space wide colonies or groups of one kind, or more than one. 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; New York, Scribner and Welford
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