Cyclamen pointed petals and warm yellow stalks, have a peculiar charm of 



Neapoli- their own. They last five or six weeks, and then the leaves 



tanum t> e g m to appear growing up through the fading flowers and 



themselves lasting in beauty all through the Winter and 



Spring; they are light green, beautifully blotched and veined 



with grey. This Cyclamen has been established with us many 



years on its wood bank, and has now made large tubers, but 



growth is very slow to start with, and it does not seed itself like 



Cyclamen Coum, probably owing to the date of its flowering. 



We pick the ripened seed and raise young plants in a cold frame. 



A complete contrast, in the way of woodland effect, is 

 given by a mass of Tansy Tanacetum-vulgare and Aaron's 

 Rod. They are both strong perennials, too coarse for many of 

 the borders, but useful for filling some rough spot where colour 

 is wanted. The yellow fluffy heads of the Aaron's Rod and 

 the flat dead gold heads of the Tansy blend well together. 



Virginia Creeper ought to be now wreathing its glowing 

 trails over trees and bushes. Though so commonly seen as a 

 house creeper, it is not enough used in the wild garden, where 

 there are so many opportunities for its picturesque use. If one 

 is trained to the top of an old Apple tree, and then allowed to 

 fall naturally, it will soon convert it into a shower of scarlet and 

 deep red, pierced only by bunches of round green fruit, and 

 relieved by the cool lawn stretching below. Or it may be 

 planted at a little distance from a Fir or Larch, and swung to 

 some bough a good height up, making a scarlet garland. If a 

 low effect is wanted, it looks well creeping over old tree roots, 

 with Clematis paniculata which is like C. flammula, but 

 flowers earlier or Hydrangea scandens, with its large apple- 

 green leaves. 



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