Vita Sackville-Westさんのイラストまとめ

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/6SlrtT5uDS

There are three different kinds of artichoke: the Jerusalem, the Chinese, and the Globe. https://t.co/eJV05vKJWl

[Some Flowers'37] Rosa moyesii is a Chinese rose, and it looks it. If ever a plant reflected all that we had ever felt about the delicacy, lyricism, and design of a Chinese drawing, Rosa moyesii is that plant.

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] 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 stmbolizes that historic contest.

A sentimental association: they recall everything that we have ever read in poetry, or seen in paintings, in connection with roses. A more personal connection, possibly: we may have met them neglected and ignored in the gardens we knew in childhood. https://t.co/eKVtxndYOS

Leaving the tulips, we come to the narcissi; and here again, we find ourselves in confusion. I cannot here cope with the innumerable sorts

It is simply a distinction popularly made between Trumpet & Flat-face. . .putting it crudely https://t.co/a0b17P8HFq

5/8/51 A lot of people have a lot of trouble with lilies. I have myself. I try. I fail. I despair. Then I try again.

There are some flowers about which there is nothing interesting to say, except that they have caught one's fancy.