. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. at luxuriance, and inprofusion about Lugano, where the Yellow Foxglove is also foundwild. Among the innumerable garden flowers which seem to havebecome almost extinct from the pemicions system of dependingsolely upon bedding is the Scarlet Lobelia. The white hardyJessamine and the old-fashioned Honeysuckles, viz., the fragrantWhite which blossoms in May, and the fragrant Bed and Yellow,which used to be an indispensable accompaniment to a nosegay of Roses,are now very seldom seen; indeed. Honeysuckles and Periwinkles
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. at luxuriance, and inprofusion about Lugano, where the Yellow Foxglove is also foundwild. Among the innumerable garden flowers which seem to havebecome almost extinct from the pemicions system of dependingsolely upon bedding is the Scarlet Lobelia. The white hardyJessamine and the old-fashioned Honeysuckles, viz., the fragrantWhite which blossoms in May, and the fragrant Bed and Yellow,which used to be an indispensable accompaniment to a nosegay of Roses,are now very seldom seen; indeed. Honeysuckles and Periwinklesare deserving of much more attention; the large flowering bluekind of tholatteriscertainly nnrivalledfor itsevergreen foliage, greatadaptability, and numerous and beautiful flowers for so large a part ofthe year. \Vould it bo too much to hope that The may gratifyits readers by giving a weekly or monthly list of wild flowers, whichwould afford additional beauty to our gardens ?—Z. Supplement to Thv 1,air/en. Office ?7, Soulhamplon Street. Covent Garden. London. FHE .JAPAW IBIS. 1,1-UEMFFERI. \PJ:. May 20, 1876.] THE GARDEN. 477 THE AMATEURS GARDEN. Bt THOMAS —Some have thought it necessary to have a house whollydevoted to Ferns, where anything approaching successful culture isrequired, but such is by no means the case ; cci-taiiily where theyare to be grown in a way that will exemplify the true character ofmany of the kinds, a somewhat close humid atmospbero is necessary ;the fronds will also assume a deeper tint of green uuder such , accompanied by close shading, but this system of is not calculated to impart the more sturdy state of growthparticularly needful where the fronds are wanted in a cut , who have an ordinary greenhouse or Vinery need have nohesitation in attempting to grow them in such houses, particularly ifa selection of the most suitable sorts be made; but when associatedwith other plants, instead
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