The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . it/. Fig. S.—sarracenia iOPei. peials velvety-crimson edged with yellow, (see r. 40.) Woking Station. So well known is this garden, thatI need almost an apology for saying anything moreabout it ; yet perhaps some who have seen Rhododendrons in Hyde Park and theBotanic Gardens may fancy that they have seen allthat they could see at Knap Hill. Such is not thecase, however. Acres upon acres at the nursery arecovered with the finest specimens, and the most inter-esting and beautiful seedlings.
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . it/. Fig. S.—sarracenia iOPei. peials velvety-crimson edged with yellow, (see r. 40.) Woking Station. So well known is this garden, thatI need almost an apology for saying anything moreabout it ; yet perhaps some who have seen Rhododendrons in Hyde Park and theBotanic Gardens may fancy that they have seen allthat they could see at Knap Hill. Such is not thecase, however. Acres upon acres at the nursery arecovered with the finest specimens, and the most inter-esting and beautiful seedlings. The mass and breadthof colour, the variety of tints, the luxuriance andabandon of growth, the happy intermixing of Pinusesand other trees, raise the place to the dignity of oneof the show places of England. As spring passesaway into summer, the prevailing tints of this fairyspot shift and change like those of the dying the earliest days of early summer (and before) allis aglow with the crimson hues drawn by the subtlehybridist from Rhododendron arboreum and itsallies. At such a t
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