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Picturesque English cottages and their doorway gardens (1905)

Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · Philadelphia : J.C. Winston · leaf 53

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ng-pea is alwayswelcome in its cottage home, and dahlias aregreatly prized, not the single ones so much asthe old-fashioned,tight-growing, formal kinds.In some parts of England there is a ten-dency among cottagers to neglect these old-fashioned flowers and cultivate the hardyannuals. Nasturtiums… … A COTTAGE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF DORKING begun to appre-ciate our herba-ceous borders andto value the plantswhich some of ourvillage neighborsare now discard-ing. We hopethat they will re-turn to their firstlove, and cherishagain the old flow-ers which are thetrue glory of arustic garden. In the…

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