IN MY LADY'S GARDEN 



insects are entangled. D. rotundifolia is one of the easiest 

 to cultivate, and D. filiformis (from North America) is far 

 more difficult to grow, though handsomer than our British 

 droseras. They all require to be surrounded by living 

 sphagnum and kept thoroughly moist, for they will not 

 grow without the help of this moisture-holding moss. 



One of the most effective of bog plants is the marsh 

 marigold (Caltha palustris), producing a mass of deep 

 golden flowers in May, which are sure to do well if allowed 

 to form a fine clump in a thoroughly moist position. The 

 new variety, with large flowers (grandiflora), is a great 

 improvement on our native wild plant, and the double form 

 (Caltha palustris florc-pleno) is also very handsome. Slugs 

 leave this plant alone, which is a great advantage where 

 these troublesome creatures abound. 



Then the herbaceous spiraeas do far better in this way 

 than in any other, and the effect of the bright pink plumes 

 of S. palmata and S. venusta when in blossom is very good. 

 Our own native meadow-sweet (Spiraea ulmaria) is lovely, 

 too, in creamy white, and both may be grown together with 

 advantage. 



S. astilboides, too, which is often grown in a pot, is 

 seldom seen to such advantage as when planted in a tub, 

 when it forms a dense mass of handsome foliage, every point 

 of which is crowned with a spike of feathery white bloom. 

 A fine new variety of this plant is S. japonica coccinea, with 

 pink flowers ; and, in fact, all the herbaceous spiraeas enjoy 

 having their roots thoroughly supplied with water, so that 

 the grand growths of S. aruncus (like a magnified plant of 

 S. astilboides in appearance) will rise to the height of 6 feet 

 in this way. 



The hardier azaleas can be grown to perfection in a 

 thoroughly moist position, and for this purpose the beautiful 

 hybrids (called Ghent azaleas) are most suitable, for they 

 are extraordinarily floriferous, in many shades of yellow, 

 cream, and pink, yet so far they are little known. Anthony 

 Koster is one of the finest of these, in golden yellow ; Emil 

 Liebig is in salmon-red ; Veronica Concordia is in delicate 



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