Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . End of Flowkr-border and Entrance of South Border Door and Yuccas in August. FLOWER-BOEDER AND PERGOLA 211 Then I have yellow Paris Daisies, Salvia , Calceolaria amplexicaulis, Geraniums, scarletand salmon-coloured and iyy-leaved kinds, the best ofthese being the pink Madame Crousse. The front edges of the border are also treated inrather a large way. At the shadier end there is firsta long straggling bordering patch of Anemone it is once above ground the foliage remain
Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . End of Flowkr-border and Entrance of South Border Door and Yuccas in August. FLOWER-BOEDER AND PERGOLA 211 Then I have yellow Paris Daisies, Salvia , Calceolaria amplexicaulis, Geraniums, scarletand salmon-coloured and iyy-leaved kinds, the best ofthese being the pink Madame Crousse. The front edges of the border are also treated inrather a large way. At the shadier end there is firsta long straggling bordering patch of Anemone it is once above ground the foliage remainsgood till autumn, while its soft white flower comesright with the colom of the flowers behind. Thencomes a long and large patch of the larger kind ofMegasea cordifolia, several yards in length, and runningback here and there among taller plants. I am nevertired of admiring the fine solid foliage of this familyof plants, remaining, as it does, in beauty both winterand summer, and taking on a splendid winter colour-ing of warm red bronze. It is true that the flowers ofthe two best-known kinds, M. cordifolia and M. crassi-foli
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