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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



will not bear transplanting, and a very charming single Rose of Irish 

 raising, like " Elegans," which grew from cuttings and flowered into 

 the autumn ; a bed of Rose Zepherine on its own roots set in a 

 carpet of Hungarian Hepaticas this is not to be disturbed for many 

 years ; and a bold group of that fine Rose Hugh Dickson. La Tosca, 

 a favourite Rose, is not to be disturbed, and the same also of Leon 

 Pain and Mme. Ravary. Then there is the Clematis Perle d'Azur 

 in perfect health, planted on yew stakes, which 'has borne thousands 

 of flowers for over twenty years, and the like also of Clematis Roi 

 de Velours. Finally the Azure Sage, many years in place. 



Then the thought occurred to me that I might enjoy the spring 

 flowers too, and the idea came of putting flowers beneath the edgings : 

 a beautiful edging of blue Bindweed grew over a deep- set Crocus 

 Sir Walter Scott. Snow Glories, beautiful spring bulbs of short 

 duration, lay under summer edgings of annual or other flowers ; 

 Snowdrops grew over carpets of mossy and silvery Rock foil ; Grape 

 Hyacinths, which are among the fairest spring flowers, were set among 

 the Carpathian Hairbells ; wood Forget-me-nots over beds of Roses 

 in early autumn ; and in such ways the spring came into the flower 

 garden without in the least spoiling the general idea of the flower 

 garden as the home for all the fairest flowers of summer and autumn. 



Let all who love the early flowers look at this list, not of the 

 kinds of spring flowers (which are innumerable), but of the families ; 

 some of these, such as Narcissus and Rockfoil, comprise many 

 species of lovely flowers, and the story of these, too, is the story of 

 the spring : 



Some Spring and Early Summer Flowers Hardy in English Gardens. 



Adonis 



Alyssum 



Androsace 



Anemone 



Aquilegia 



Arabis 



Arenaria 



Armeria 



Asperula 



Asphodelus 



Aubrietia 



Bellis 



Caltha 



Centaurea 



Clematis 



Convallaria 



Crocus 



Cyclamen 



Dent aria 



Dianthus 



Dicentra 



Dodecatheon 



Doronicum 



Draba 



Epimedium 



E ran this 



Erinus 



Erodium 



Erythronium 



Ficaria 



Fritillaria 



Fumaria 



Galanthus 



Geum 



Gypsophila 



Helleborus 



Hepatica 



Hesperis 



Hyacinth us 



Iberis 



Iris 



I.eucojum 



Linum 



Lychnis 



Meconopsis 



Spring-flowering Trees and Shrubs. 



^Esculus 



Amelanchier 



Amygdalus 



Andromeda 



Azalea 



Berberis 



Cerasus 



Cercis 



Crataegus 



Cydonia 



Cytisus 



Daphne 



Deutzia 



Erica 



Exochorda 



Forsythia 



Genista 



Halesia 



Kerria 



Laburnum 



Lonicera 



Magnolia 



Mahonia 



Malus 



Mespilus 



Philadelphus 



Prunus 



Pyrus 



Rhododendron 



Ribes 



Spartium 



Spiraea 



Styrax 



Syringa 



Tamarix 



Ulex 



Viburnum 



Weigela 



Wistaria 



