THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN 



Catchfly {Silene ■pendula). 



Double buttercup {Trollius 

 Eur opens). 



Four-o'clock (MirabilisJalapa). 



Fringed pink {Dianthus swperha) . 



Giant reed (Arundo donax). 



Flora's paint-brush {Cacalia 

 cocdnea) . 



Love-in-a-mist (Nigella Damas- 

 cena) . 



Love-lies-bleeding {Amaranthus 

 caudatus). 



London pride {Lychnis Chal- 

 cedonica) . 



Marigolds, both French and 

 African. 



Mignonette {Reseda odorata). 



Mourning-bride {Salpiglossis) . 



Perennial flax. 



Scotch or pheasant's-eye pink. 



Peach-leaved bellflower {Cam- 

 panula persicifolia) . 



Sweet alyssum. 



Sweet sultan {Centaurea mos- 

 chata). The yellow variety, C. 

 suaveolens, was most popular. 



Veronica. 



Valerian, common. 



Jacob's-ladder. 



Rose of heaven {Agrostemma 

 coeli-rosa) and rose-campion {A. 

 coronaria) . 



Suggestions fob Biennials, Bulbs, and the Herb-Bed 



Snapdragon, English daisy Sweet-william,thesingle,fringed 



(Bellis perennis). Much used for variety, 



borders. French honeysuckle. 



Canterbury-bells. 



The following list of bulbs will be good to work from: 



Christmas rose {Helleborus 

 niger) . 



Crown imperial {Fritillaria im- 

 perialis). 



Crocus. The common crocus. 

 Also Crocnis Mcesiacus and the 

 cloth-of-gold (C. Susianus). 



Grape-hyacinth {Muscari 

 hotry aides). 



Daffodils, the smaller-flowering 

 daffodils. 



Hyacinths, the more inexpen- 

 sive sorts. 



Iris. Spanish and English iris. 



Narcissus. The poets' nar- 

 cissus, not poetaz varieties. 



Jonquil. 



Ranunculus {Ranunculiis Asi- 

 aticus). The red variety. 



Scilla, or squill {Scilla Siberica) . 



Snowdrops, the common snow- 

 drop, not the enlarged sorts. 



Tulips {Tulipa suaveolens) and 

 the common tulip {T. Gesneriana). 

 Round-petalled forms they did not 

 have, but almost everything else, 

 having passed through the tulip 

 craze. Darwins and cottage 

 tulips, although not among those 

 present in the older gardens, 

 would not violate their spirit. 



Madonna lily. 



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