. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 440 AfV GARDEN. In spring, one of the grandest flowers of my garden is the Guelder Rose [yiburnum Otulus, van stetile, fig 974). It grows very freely, and the flowers are larger than I have ever seen elsewhere. When n blossom, its large white flowers can be seen from one end of the garden to the other. For the summer, the Spiraeas are very desirable acquisitions. The Meadow-sweet {Spircea Ulmarid) is one of our elegant weeds. The 5. callosa from Japan is like a meadow-s
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 440 AfV GARDEN. In spring, one of the grandest flowers of my garden is the Guelder Rose [yiburnum Otulus, van stetile, fig 974). It grows very freely, and the flowers are larger than I have ever seen elsewhere. When n blossom, its large white flowers can be seen from one end of the garden to the other. For the summer, the Spiraeas are very desirable acquisitions. The Meadow-sweet {Spircea Ulmarid) is one of our elegant weeds. The 5. callosa from Japan is like a meadow-sweet with red flowers, and always delights us with its elegant blossoms. It should be more frequently Fig. 974.—Guelder Rose. Fig. 975—St. John's Wort. Fig. 975 a.—Skimmia japonica. Towards the end of summer, the St. John's Wort {Hypericum calycinum, fig. 975) produces large yellow solitary flowers ; and we have other English hypericums in our alpinery. There is one shrub, the Eglantine or Sweet Briar {Rosa rubigi- nosa), which we grow for its triple attractions: firstly, for the beauty of its blossoms in eariy spring; secondly, for the bright scarlet berries produced in autumn; and thirdly, for the delicious fragrance of its leaves, which is plentifully exhaled in its growing state especially after a shower of rain. The Eugenia ugni (fig. 387) will not live out of doors with us, although, trusting in its reputation for hardihood, I lost at least a dozen specimens. I do not think that either the Pomegranate or the Loquat would live out of doors in my garden ; at any rate, I have not ventured to place them out. I have seen the Loquat growing on a south wall at Weybridge, at the garden of Mr. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Dald
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