Faults in Gardening 



blossoms, I believe, are generally much 

 finer in the greenhouse. 



Note 5 



We exclude from our gardens as weeds, 

 and with perfect justice, such plants as 

 our ordinary Cruciferae and Umbelliferae, 

 or the common Dead Nettles and Clovers. 

 This does not necessarily mean that they 

 are deficient in beauty, but that they 

 have not any of those effective qualities 

 — that power of instantly attracting the 

 eye when planted separately, which is 

 necessary in a garden flower. Chce- 

 rophyllum temulunty for instance, like 

 many another of the Hemlocks, is a 

 most graceful plant when met with in a 

 country lane, but if placed on the border, 

 a great part of its beauty would vanish. 

 It needs the dense green vegetation of 

 the hedge bottom to show it off to advan- 

 tage. But Mullein, Borage, Foxgloves, 

 and the larger Spurges ought not to be 

 considered weeds. Such plants have 

 their proper place in the garden, and 

 may be very pleasing there, though it is 

 just upon this class that the modern taste 

 weighs heaviest. Where are all those 

 quaint, strange plants which used to make 



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