212 OLD-FASHIONED GARDE NING 
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superseded the formal: but the boundary was now 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. 
Aconitnm Napellus; blue aconite; blue. 
* Allium Moly; “great Moly of Homer”; yellow. 
