THE GARDEN AT HOME 



While, as I have pointed out, there are few flowers 

 that will not thrive on a sunny border, there are quite a 

 number that will languish anywhere else. Among them 

 may be mentioned Roses, Carnations, Pinks, Pyrethrums, 

 Perennial Larkspurs, Spanish and English Irises, Holly- 

 hocks, Sweet Peas, Sweet Williams, Snapdragons, Rock Rose 

 (Helianthemum), the golden Tickseed (Coreopsis grandi- 

 flora), the Belladonna Lily, Dahlias, nearly all annual 

 flowers (such as Mignonette, Love-in-a-Mist, Mallow, etc.), 

 the charming and slender growing blue flax (Linum 

 perenne), Geraniums, and most other bedding plants except 

 tuberous Begonias, which are happy in half shade. The be- 

 haviour of Tufted Pansies in the sunshine is widely different 

 from their behaviour out of it, and far more commendable. 

 Wallflowers, Nasturtiums, and the Flame Flowers (Kni- 

 phofia) all love the sunshine. 



Of spring-flowering bulbs, the Daffodil, Grape Hya- 

 cinth (Muscari), Snowdrop, Hyacinth, Winter Aconite, 

 Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum nutans), the yellow- 

 flowered Onion (Allium Moly), and Fritillary are suit- 

 able for planting in the shade, and the charming little 

 hardy Cyclamen (neapolitanum), that blooms in autumn, 

 is also happy there. But Tulips, Crocuses, and Anemones 

 ought to be in the sunshine, for it is only there that the 

 flowers open gaily. And how is a half-opened bloom to 

 disclose its full beauty? 



One of the reasons why the shady border is so often 

 a dismal failure is because the soil is heavy and clayey, 



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