. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. CHAPTER XXIV. MONTHLY CALENDAR. § 1.âAspect of the Month. 1156. The leafy month of roses, during which the oak, the elm, and other ''green- robed senators of mighty woods," are clothed m all the beauty of their summer array, while the honeysuckle, with its streaked, spider-like flowers of white, red, and yellow, and the flagrant wild-rose, flaunt their blossom from a thousand hedgerows, and mingle with the pale golden flowers of the woodbine and the droop- ing crimso
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. CHAPTER XXIV. MONTHLY CALENDAR. § 1.âAspect of the Month. 1156. The leafy month of roses, during which the oak, the elm, and other ''green- robed senators of mighty woods," are clothed m all the beauty of their summer array, while the honeysuckle, with its streaked, spider-like flowers of white, red, and yellow, and the flagrant wild-rose, flaunt their blossom from a thousand hedgerows, and mingle with the pale golden flowers of the woodbine and the droop- ing crimson blossoms of the foxglove, lighting up with their brilliancy the green masses of the underwood. " Under the oak, whose antique roots peep out Upon the brook that brawls along the ; Summer has now fairly thrown open her doors of green, the whole landscape is at last fringed with foliage, the fields are ancle-deep in flowers; â wild flowers are indeed too plentiful to be named here. The garden also is in. full bloomâroses of a hundred hues, the fragrant honeysuckle and jasmine,, load the air with their perfume. *⢠Now broad carnations, and gay spotted pinks, And showered from every bush, the damask rose. Infinite in numbers, delicacies, scents, With hues on hues, expression cannot paint I '*. 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 Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877; Shaw, Henry ; from the library of and initials?. London : S. O. Beeton
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