. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 248 MY GARDEN. The common Musk plant [Mimulus moschatus, fig. joo) grows well in a moist peaty soil, and in shallow streams, and frequently comes up the next year when once introduced into a garden. The larger flowering species of mimulus may be readily grown from seed in a frame and then planted out, when it flowers freely all the summer, but it is killed by severe frost. The Poppy is a gaudy summer flower. The florists' varieties are innumerable, and indeed very splen
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 248 MY GARDEN. The common Musk plant [Mimulus moschatus, fig. joo) grows well in a moist peaty soil, and in shallow streams, and frequently comes up the next year when once introduced into a garden. The larger flowering species of mimulus may be readily grown from seed in a frame and then planted out, when it flowers freely all the summer, but it is killed by severe frost. The Poppy is a gaudy summer flower. The florists' varieties are innumerable, and indeed very splendid. They are, however, only# adapted for subordinate flower-beds. The Horn Poppy {Glaucium luteum, fig. 501), and a florists' variety of it, may be grown sparingly, as a plant or two are interesting. It grows abundantly by the sea-shore near Brighton, where its long seed-pod cannot fail to attract 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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