212 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 



colchicums, fritillarias, crown imperials, snowdrops, 

 crocuses, and lilies of all kinds were planted in them, 

 as well as "all the different kinds of bulbs and tuber- 

 ous roots that grow outdoors." Plants of this char- 

 acter were held in especial esteem, and seem all to have 

 been treated with great care, even the hardy ones being 

 taken up and stored painstakingly. 



Square, oblong or circular flower gardens were still 

 made at this time, even though the natural style had 

 superseded the formal: but the boundary was now 

 "embellished with most curious flowering shrubs" in- 

 stead of being an uncompromising wall of brick or 

 stone or wood. The climate here had not seemed to 

 favor or require the training of fruit trees against 

 such walls, hence they were gradually abandoned, 

 both from motives of economy and the desire for 

 change. Beds of flower gardens generally were four 

 feet wide, with walks or "alleys" two feet wide divid- 

 ing them; and a walk with an outer border always 

 surrounded the entire plot. 



PLANTS OF THE EARLIER PERIOD 



Note that only the varieties and colois as given should be 

 used. Those marked * with an asterisk were the most 

 popular. 



* Achillea Ptarmica; double white pellitory, yarrow; white. 

 Aconitum Lycoctonum; wolf's bane; yellow. 

 Aconitum Napellus; blue aconite; blue. 



* Allium Moly; "great Moly of Homer" ; yellow. 



