. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. vegetation may tortured into forms never be seen DITCHES AND NARROW SHADY LANES. 39 tropical butterfly, to those with small flowers borne in showers like drops from a fountain jet, and often sweet as Hawthorn blossoms. ^ This climbing"^iv be trained and in gardens, but will its beauty until we entrust it to the garland- ing of shrub, and copse, or hedge- row, fringes of dwarf plantation, or groups of shrubs and trees. All to be done is to put in a
. The wild garden; or, Our groves and gardens made beautiful by the naturalisation of hardy exotic plants ... Gardening; Flowers; Wild flowers. vegetation may tortured into forms never be seen DITCHES AND NARROW SHADY LANES. 39 tropical butterfly, to those with small flowers borne in showers like drops from a fountain jet, and often sweet as Hawthorn blossoms. ^ This climbing"^iv be trained and in gardens, but will its beauty until we entrust it to the garland- ing of shrub, and copse, or hedge- row, fringes of dwarf plantation, or groups of shrubs and trees. All to be done is to put in a few tufts of any desired kind, and leave them alone, adapting the kind to the position. The large, flesh-coloured Bindweed, for example, would be best in rough .places, out of the pale of the pleasure- ground or garden, so that its roots would not spread where they could do harm, while a delicate Clematis might be placed beneath the chbicest specimen Conifer, and allowed to paint its rich green with fair flowers. In nature we frequently see a Honeysuckle clamber- ing up through an old Hawthorn tree, and then struggling with it as to which should produce the greatest profusion. The large white Bindweed, type of nobler climbing plants, with annual stems. For copses, hedgerows, and 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 Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London, J. Murray; New York, Scribner and Welford
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