. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. MY GARDEN. be carefully watched, otherwise, in the absence of the gardener, he moves like an automatic machine, turning over the bulbs without the slightest remorse. Bulbous plants cannot be retained where the digging is done by labourers, Labourers in the bulb garden are as destructive as pigs, for what one uproots with its snout the other digs in with his spade. Milton well describes a bulbous plant when he sings:â " So, from the root, Springs lighter the green s
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. MY GARDEN. be carefully watched, otherwise, in the absence of the gardener, he moves like an automatic machine, turning over the bulbs without the slightest remorse. Bulbous plants cannot be retained where the digging is done by labourers, Labourers in the bulb garden are as destructive as pigs, for what one uproots with its snout the other digs in with his spade. Milton well describes a bulbous plant when he sings:â " So, from the root, Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves More airy ; last, the bright consummate flower Spirits od'rous ; PERENNIAL PLANTS. " There sprang' the violet all new, And fresh pervinke rich of hew, And floures yellow, white and rede, Such plenty grew there never in ;âChaucer, In early spring the Violet {Viola odoratd) is the choicest of our native flowers. When grown upon a well-exposed bank, where the plant is thoroughly ripened, a patch of violets in full blossom makes a magnificent display. There are many fl^XWHiW ^i^Wh varieties, one of which, the single Russian (fig, --'â 428), is very beautiful. The Czar has large ^Mi>~i^i/)i^i?^^P^ leaves, and big, coarse, but highly-scented V\ flowers. The single and double blue Neapo- litan violets are great favourites at Paris and Florence, where they are used for bouquets. Fig. The colour of the flowcr is an exquisite pale blue, and when surrounded with white snowdrops, or themselves sur- rounding a white camellia, the eififect is admirable. With me this variety is delicate, and, though I have had many plants, not one survives. It is well worth the protection of a frame. There are white violets and tree violets, both good. I have a little violet garden in which the different varieties are cultivated along with the British orchids. We also grow the wild yellow unscented violet;. Please note that
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