. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 719.—Phlox Nelsonii. Fig. 720.—Cheiranthus alpinus- Fig. 718.—Phlox divaricata. grand display in spring. It is always advisable to have many of these plants, which are easily obtained by cuttings, and this is a species which may be advantageously introduced into the general flower-garden. The Lithospermum fruticosum is perhaps somewhat unduly extolled. It derives its generic name from the flinty hardness of the stones of the fruit. Its dark blue flowers are its chi
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. Fig. 719.—Phlox Nelsonii. Fig. 720.—Cheiranthus alpinus- Fig. 718.—Phlox divaricata. grand display in spring. It is always advisable to have many of these plants, which are easily obtained by cuttings, and this is a species which may be advantageously introduced into the general flower-garden. The Lithospermum fruticosum is perhaps somewhat unduly extolled. It derives its generic name from the flinty hardness of the stones of the fruit. Its dark blue flowers are its chief attraction. On the chalk hills near us a species of lithospermum grows wild, but we have not been able to flower it in cultivation. Amongst the alpine plants, the glorious Gentianas are some of the special desiderata ; but all the species are difficult, and some it is almost impossible to cultivate. The Gentiana acaulis (fig. 721) is the garden Gentianella. It does well in some places, but not in others, preferring a solid ground of sandy or gravelly loam, and requiring abundance of light and air. It has never suc- ceeded so well with me as I have seen it in other places; never- Fig. 721.—Gentiana acaulis. thelcSS it is a loVCly plant. In- Fig. 722.—G. vema comparably superior to the last-mentioned species is the G. vema (fig. 722). I have seen this in perfection at Zermatt. I have seen it in large quantities on the St. Gothard Pass, and the few flowers I obtain are but as the " dim shadow of glory " when compared with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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