Small Gardens, and How to Make the Most of Them

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as continuous bloomers-The heavenly larkspurs-Christmas roses-The t

s not grown half enough; perhaps this is owing to the peculiar pinkish shade of the petals, a colour that will harmonize with few others, and might be termed ?sthetic; it should be grown in a la

nd such kinds as A. amellus bessaribicus, planted instead; this is perhaps the finest of the genus, and is first-rate for cutting. It is only two feet high, of neat habit, and bears large, bright mauve flowers with golden centres very freely, from the beginning of August right into October. A. ericoides is another one of neat habit, and is only half a foot taller than the last; it bears long sprays, covered the whole way up the stem with tiny white flowers and mossy foliage. Some of the novi-belgii as

nd white peach-leaved kinds are the handsomest, and come in very usefully for cutting. C. carpatica and C. c. alba are shorter, being

olata, and bears large bright yellow flowers, which a

r blossoms are of an azure blue, a rare colour in nature; then they can be had of a Cambridge blue, purple, white, rose, and even red; the last, however, is a fickle grower and not to be recommended, save for the rockery. Though one may

owered Michaelmas daisies, except that they come in earlier and are

green mixed with gold, and in one kind the leaves are marbled blue and green; they set off the flowers near th

tle else is obtainable outside. One thing against them in this hurry-skurry age is the fact that they increase so slowly; this makes them rather expensive too. G

, which generally appear in June, and are first-rate for cutting. Lobelia fulgens is a brilliantly beautiful species, not to be confounded with the dwarf blue kinds; these

has bright scarlet flowers, a good habit, and grows from two to thr

elves, and do not require much looking after; they are rather too tender to withstand our damp winters without protection, t

r comes, the stalks should be cut, hung up to dry for about a week, and then mixed in vases with dried grasses and the effect is very pretty. Care must be taken when asking for this plant under the English name, as there is a greenhouse p

hady nook, which must not be under trees, however, and if well watered after its first bloom is over in June, it will flower again in autumn. The double potentillas are glorious things for bedding, and are most uncommon looking. Their flowers are l

te distinct, and turns to such a rich red in September that this fact, added to their easy cultivation, makes it wonderful that they are not more grown. I remember, on a dreary day in mid-February, being perfectly charmed by the sight of a large bed of

rising on stiff stalks clothed with long pointed leaves, and they continue in flower from May till September. The trollius has bright orange or

though they will not do under trees. Cuttings must constantly be taken, as one-year-old plants flower more continuously, and have

enthusiasm is awakened, the amateur who wishes to have a thoroughly interesting garden