In My Vicarage Garden 



autumnal form of the single red. And a third 

 plant, also named for its " signatures," is the lung- 

 wort, or Jerusalem cowslip (Pulmonaria), which 

 is now a great ornament in the garden, and has 

 always been a special favourite in English gar- 

 dens. There are many species, but none more 

 beautiful than the British P. angustifolia, which is 

 found in the Isle of Wight and in some parts of 

 South Hampshire. I found it once near Beaulieu, 

 in the New Forest. Nor must I leave unm^n- 

 tioned the lovely dog's tooth violet, now in great 

 beauty, and certainly one of the most graceful 

 ornaments of the spring garden in its different 

 colours of pink, white, or yellow, and as easy to 

 grow as a crocus. And when I have named the 

 spring cyclamen (C. Coum), which still carries a 

 few flowers, and a few anemones where there ought 

 to be a multitude, I think I have nearly exhausted 

 the list of herbaceous plants now in flower, though 

 in most years April would be able to show many 

 more. 



Of bulbs there are not many in flower, but the 

 few are gems. Snowdrops and crocuses have 

 almost passed away, and in ordinary seasons 

 would have quite disappeared, and, as I said 

 before, the daffodils are only just beginning to 

 appear. But the squills are at their best, and I 

 don't know which to admire most, the blue or the 

 pure white. The white is one of our best spring 

 flowers, and a good clump with its shiny white 

 stars is very attractive. It likes to be let alone 



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