ROSES AND LILIES 



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better still on a wall ; moreover, for wall spaces with 

 windy or cold exposures there can be nothing more 

 suitable. The accompanying illustration shows how 

 well it graces wall and doorway. 



Rose of Sharon is the popular name of the autumn- 

 blooming shrubs of Syrian origin allied to Mallow and 

 Hollyhock, botanically known as Hibiscus syraicus or 

 Althcea frutex ; the names are synonymous. They 

 are slightly tender, and do best against or near a wall, 

 or in any case in a warm, sheltered place. All are 

 pretty things, but among the later grown kinds there 

 are two especially good, one a double white, the other 

 of quite a good blue colour ; the type colour is a 

 rather wild- mallow-like pink. 



The word Lily is still oftener used as a com- 

 ponent of honour in the names of beautiful flowers 

 both within and beyond the large botanical order of 

 LUiacece. And when I am asked whether such a 

 plant is really a Lily or not I cannot say, or how far 

 beyond the actual genus Lilium our botanists would 

 allow the name to be used. Nor indeed does the 

 popular name concern them as botanists, for scien- 

 tifically the botanical name only is wanted, though I 

 am glad to know, having the good fortune to be on 

 friendly terms with more than one learned botanist, 

 that in the garden they seem to be more lovers of 

 beautiful plants than scientists only, and talk about 

 Primroses and Dafibdils, Roses and Lilies, just as I do 

 myself. 



