. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. SIBERIAN SQUILL. TINT oJ; blue iu field or garden exercises a mysterious iiiilucuee, 111 the later days of spring, when along the margins of woods and eoppices our -woodland squill, Scilla nntaiiii, also known as llyaciidkus luiii scnpf/is, makes a fringe of heavenly lilue, we experience a strange thrill of emotion, either because the colour has some spiritual import that the soul un- derstands, or because the assiu'- aucG it gives of the constancy of the seasons re-establishes the confidence that late frosts and easf winds
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. SIBERIAN SQUILL. TINT oJ; blue iu field or garden exercises a mysterious iiiilucuee, 111 the later days of spring, when along the margins of woods and eoppices our -woodland squill, Scilla nntaiiii, also known as llyaciidkus luiii scnpf/is, makes a fringe of heavenly lilue, we experience a strange thrill of emotion, either because the colour has some spiritual import that the soul un- derstands, or because the assiu'- aucG it gives of the constancy of the seasons re-establishes the confidence that late frosts and easf winds had well-nigh shattered. And yet the influence, whate\'er its ultimate cause, can scarcely be the result of any special awakening j^eeuliar tc the season of the nodding squill, because it comes upon us again as the summer opens and the blue speedwell appears on the banks ; and again, later on, when the harebells appear; and perhaps it is not altogether wanting when the blue of the wolf's-bane is seen upon the gravelly sloj^es. and the delphiniums and aconites ap2)ear in the 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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