. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. 42 THE I'.KAimiri. kiowkk (;aki>en'. Jn/^o/iica (familiarly known as Pynis Japonica) as well as the rosy blossomed Diervilla Japonica (IVeigela) either of which are charmingly irregular when allowed to grow naturally, but arc prim and uninteresting when forced into the conventional lines of a hedge-row. There are beautiful specimens of both these shrubs in Prospect
. The beautiful flower garden, its treatment with special regard for the picturesque. Written and embellished with numerous illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews. With notes on practical floriculture by Fewkes. Floriculture. 42 THE I'.KAimiri. kiowkk (;aki>en'. Jn/^o/iica (familiarly known as Pynis Japonica) as well as the rosy blossomed Diervilla Japonica (IVeigela) either of which are charmingly irregular when allowed to grow naturally, but arc prim and uninteresting when forced into the conventional lines of a hedge-row. There are beautiful specimens of both these shrubs in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, which have been allowed to grow in their own sweet, uncon- ventional way. The Sophora Japonica holds a prominent place on the lawns of the Public Gardens in Boston. The _. wistaria grows luxuriantly in Japan. I have. Sophora Japonica. an interesting photograph of a very old vine with enor- mous clus- vvistana. ters three feet long, of the purple flowers, which has been trained to climb over the posts of a charac- teristic Japanese tea house, whose balconies overhang a mirror-like little lake below. Ima- gine the enhanced form and color effect caused by the reflection in the water ! It is just such an advantageous position as this, seemingly unimportant when mentioned in passing, upon which the beautiful appearance of our flowers, trees, and shrubs de- pends. To many the wistaria may appear scraggly, and we will even grant that it is; but I shall immediately add that scraggly things are essential to certain artistic effects. The accompanying sketch shows a Chinese wistaria forced into regular shape. I question whether anything artistic is gained by such a method of floriculture. The tree is at Dosoris, L. I. The mistake which florists are apt to make,. 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
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