. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 250 MY GARDEN. me with the following list of sorts, which, in his opinion, are the finest in cultivation :— Fimbriata : pure white, beautifully fringed. General Drouot: rose, striped with white. Lavinia Maggi: white, with crimson blotches. Mathotiana : bright crimson, large. Mathotiana alba : beautiful white, large. Princess Frederick WiUiam : carnation, striped. Queen of Beauties : delicate blush. Reticulata flore-pleno : double rose. Saccoi nova : rosy pink. Storyii:
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 250 MY GARDEN. me with the following list of sorts, which, in his opinion, are the finest in cultivation :— Fimbriata : pure white, beautifully fringed. General Drouot: rose, striped with white. Lavinia Maggi: white, with crimson blotches. Mathotiana : bright crimson, large. Mathotiana alba : beautiful white, large. Princess Frederick WiUiam : carnation, striped. Queen of Beauties : delicate blush. Reticulata flore-pleno : double rose. Saccoi nova : rosy pink. Storyii: rosy pink. Valtevaredo : rose, fine form. Alba plena : double white. Arch-Duchesse Augusta : crimson, veined with purple, tipped with white. Bealii: bright crimson, semi-double. Carlotta Papudoff: fine rose, marbled. Caryophylloides : blush, spotted and striped with crimson. Comte de Gomer • pale rose, striped with crimson. Countess of Orkney : pure white, striped with carmine. Duchesse de Bern : beautiful white, good form, and freely imbricated. Camellias have hardly done thoroughly well in my garden; in all probability because the soil has not been suitable. They like plenty of water at their roots, and syringing overhead. We keep them in the Poor Man's House till June, and then place them out of doors till October. Camellias do not like artificial heat; it causes the blossoms to drop off. They live out of doors in mild winters, but severe cold kills them. Azaleas flourish at my garden. We have them in blossom from January till June. The Indian Azalea {Azalea indica, fig. 505) is remarkable for the purity of the colour of the flowers ; and I am told by those who have seen a mountain-side in India covered with azaleas in flower, that "it is a sight of marvellous beauty. We grow them in the top spit of the neighbouring common, which is light and sandy, and has abundance of fibre. The greater part of the azaleas are simply stored in one of our cold frames, well matted o
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