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Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new (1908)

Maxwell, Herbert, Sir, 1845-1937, Wilson, Mary G.W., illus · London : E. Arnold · leaf 244

An illustration from Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new, 1908, leaf 244
glect and run wild ; butthe drawing illustrates so well those gleams andflashes of colour which we sometimes see reflectedfrom a forgotten past, that I could not find it inmy heart to put it aside. In this instance the colour comes from two speciesof Tropseolum—namely, the annual Indian Cress… … LECKIE from the same region, adapt themselves with re-markable readiness to the cool soil and humid airof the north. The exquisite beauty of the perennialspecies, with its delicate leafage, festoons of carmineblossom and blue berries, has been the despair ofmany English amateurs; for there are very…

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