GARDENING BY M YSELF. 1 2 7 



the seedsman's list ; but everywhere under a 

 new name, where 3^ou must have sharp wit 

 to find them out. For few innocent mind- 

 ed persons would ever guess that Alyssum 

 saxatile meant golden basket, or that Lych- 

 nis flos-cuculi and ragged robin were one and 

 the same. It's all nonsense, by the way that, 



" A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." 



Can you get at the perfume of a wall-flow- 

 er through Cheiranthus cheiri ? 



Well — have all of the old-fashioned beau- 

 ties you can get and find room for ; but 

 some I fear live only in memory, and many 

 have retreated to the gardens where fashion 

 never comes. There you may find them — 

 if you can find the gardens ; and can may be 

 get a root or a layer or a *^ slip " for the ask- 

 ing. They will not all grow well from seed. 



In these days, when there is so little to do 

 in the garden except waiting for rain, and 

 fighting the weeds that wont wait for it, the 

 spare minutes may be well employed in in- 

 creasing the number of your plants. Not 



