Vita Sackville-Westさんのイラストまとめ

There seems to have existed once a rose known as the Velvet Rose. Nobody knows with any certainty what particular rose was meant by this name, but it is supposed that it must have been a Gallica. Nobody knows the place of its origin: #garden

The only question is which #rose are we to regard as the true York-and-Lancaster? For the one which most people hail cheerfully by that name in #gardens, very often turns out to be not York-and-Lancaster at all, but Rosa Mundi.

[Some Flowers’37] Rosa Mundi. The Wars of the Roses being fortunately now over, making one war the less for us to reckon with, we are left to the simple enjoyment of the flower which traditionally symbolizes that historic contest. #garden #gardening https://t.co/hmjumGjSzD

It is simply a distinction popularly made between Trumpet and Flat-face. This is putting it very crudely but for practical purposes it will serve.
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Leaving the tulips, we come to the narcissi; and here again, we find ourselves in confusion. I cannot here cope with the innumerable sorts
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17 August '52 The bulb catalogues arrive by every post, leaving us in a state of confused temptation. In so short an article I can do no more than mention a few of the bulbs I cannot resist. This will just be a personal list representing a personal taste. https://t.co/dx7NbLSx2O

Murderous in two ways, because the root of Veratrum nigrum is poisonous, so be careful; a dark corner, a Mysteries of Udolfo corner; a corner that should be visited when the sky is lurid with an impending thunderstorm.

[Some Flowers'37] The original zinnia, Zinnia elegans, was introduced into European countries in 1796, and since then has been ‘improved’ into the garden varieties we now know and grow.
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Aug'49 It is not often that I mention vegetables, but I would like to put in a good word for the Globe artichoke. https://t.co/kNXZqdyH9g

3 August ‘52 This is the moment to order and plant the bulbs of Amaryllis belladonna, commonly called the Belladonna lily. https://t.co/ZLPPNxCoM3