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Wall and water gardens (1901)

Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 271

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would be the equally wet-loving P. sik-kimensis, and then a further drift of P. japoiiica. The two latter kinds come easily from seed; P.denticulata increases so fast and divides so well thatthere is no need to grow it from seed. The typecolour of P. japonica, a crimson inclining to magnate,is… … SMALL PONDS AND POOLS 123 The soft lemon colour of the hanging bells of P. sik-kimensis makes it one of the prettiest of woodlandplants. Two beautiful Indian Primroses of a smaller sizethat also like a damp place, though less shade, areP. rosea and P. involiicrata Monroi; the latter seldomseen in…

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