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MAY 



Cowslips — Morells — Woodruff — Felling oak timber — Trillium and 

 other wood-plants — Lily of the Valley naturalised — Rock-wall 

 flowers — Two good wall-shrubs — Queen wasps — Rhododen- 

 drons — Arrangement for colour — Separate colour-groups — 

 Difficulty of choosing — Hardy Azaleas — Grouping flowers that 

 bloom together — Guelder-rose as climber — The garden-wall 

 door — The Pseony garden — Moutans — Pseony varieties — Species 

 desirable for garden. 



While May is still young, Cowslips are in beauty on 

 tlie chalk lands a few miles distant, but yet within 

 pleasant reach. They are finest of all in orchards, 

 where the grass grows tall and strong under the half- 

 shade of the old apple-trees, some of the later kinds 

 being still loaded with bloom. The blooming of the 

 Cowslip is the signal for a search for the Morell, one of 

 the very best of the edible fungi. It grows in open 

 woods or where the undergrowth has not yet grown 

 high, and frequently in old parks and pastures near or 

 under elms. It is quite unlike any other fungus ; 

 shaped like a tall egg, with the pointed end upwards, 

 on a short, hollow stalk, and looking something like a 

 sponge. It has a delicate and excellent flayour, and is 

 perfectly wholesome. 



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