Example from the Globe Flower Order 37 



plants— quite hardy, free of growth in the heaviest of 

 soil and wettest of climates, a lovely type of early 

 summer flower, and one distinct from any usually seen 

 in our fields or gardens ; for these handsome Globe 

 Flowers are among the many flowers that for years have 

 found no place in the garden proper. They are lovely 

 in groups or colonies, in cool grassy places, where 

 many other plants would perish, but where they will 

 get on well, even among docks or the coarsest native 

 plants. I put them in wet hollows at Gravetye that no 

 man could clear of weeds and had the pleasure of 

 seeing their handsome flowers come instead. 



The Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) should be 

 naturalized quite under the branches^fjdeddjiousjrees, 

 will come up and flower when the trees are naked, will 

 have its foliage developed before the leaves come on 

 the trees, and be afterwards hidden from sight. Thus 

 masses of this earliest flower may be grown without 

 sacrifice of space, and will be noticed only when 

 bearing a bloom on every little stem. On heavy 

 soils it is not so free or bright as on free and 

 limestone ones. That fine old plant, the Christmas 

 Rose (Helleborus niger), likes partial shade_ better 

 than full exposure, and should be used abundantly, 

 given rather snug and warm positions, so that its 

 flowers may be encouraged to open well and fully. 

 Any other kinds may also be used. Recently many 

 kinds of Helleborus have been added to our gardens ; 

 and all of them are not so conspicuous at first sight 



