BEAUTIFUL WINTER PLANTS 



At most seasons of the year the choice of beautiful 

 plants is so large that the only trouble is to eliminate 

 those which we can best do without, but in winter there 

 is no such plethora, still there is a considerable number 

 of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees which yield 

 beautiful flowers, foliage, and berries almost in the 

 very heart of winter. 



Among bulbous plants we have several of the beauti- 

 ful Irises which succeed in the open in sheltered 

 situations, especially in the South of England. Among 

 these are : Iris reticulata, whose flowers smell like 

 violets ; Iris histriades ; the green and black flowered 

 Iris tuherosa \ Iris alata, and the fragrant lilac-flowered 

 Iris stylosa. Most of these like a well-drained soil 

 under a south wall, and should be planted about three 

 inches deep with a handful of fine brick dust around the 

 bulbs. 



Then we have the Snowdrops, the Crocuses, the 

 Winter Aconites, Siberian Squills, Anemone Blanda, 

 the Hepatica, the Chionodoxa, the Winter Cyclamen, 

 and the Winter Hyacinth. 



The Christmas Roses and their successors, the Lenten 

 Roses, can be made to provide a succession of flowers 

 throughout the winter months. They all possess not 

 only beautiful flowers, but handsome foliage. They are 

 very easy to grow, provided they are left alone in a deep 

 rich soil, preferably in dense shade. The flowers should 

 be saved from being soiled by splashes of mud, by 

 having moss placed on the earth beneath them. 



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