Vita Sackville-Westさんのイラストまとめ

There appear to be two principal grievances. I hope I have disposed of the first, but I do suggest that some society such as the RHS might supply an inexpensive alphabetical glossary for easy reference. https://t.co/k5f2msudSa

If I see that a plant is described as azureus I know instantly that it is blue; so does my opposite number in Brazil, France or Pakistan. If it is described as azureus vernus, I know that it is not only blue, but that it flowers in the spring. https://t.co/jHCJWSEwS6

Instead of getting cross about it, we should do better to take an intelligent interest in discovering what lies behind these apparently appalling names. https://t.co/DSP4AmQPDT

Thus, If I had a lawn, it should be if purist turf; and if I had shrubs they should be specially picked out, the very best lilacs, the very best ceanothus; and if I had bulbs for spring flowering, they should be the loveliest, most delicate sorts.

It is the Eglantine of the poets if you like that touch of romance. True, Milton seems to have confused it with something else, probably the honeysuckle: “through the sweet-briar or the Vine/Or the twisted Eglantine. . “ But what does that matter? It is pedantic to be so precise

Perhaps Gerard was quoting Epictetus who writing in the 1st century remarks that the more firmly deluded is a madman the more hellebore he needs.
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The Christmas rose, although not a native of Britain, has been for centuries in our gardens. Spenser refers to it in the Faerie Queen
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It can avert lightening and thunderbolts, witchcraft and sorcery; it can extinguish fire; it can discover gold buried in the earth; It can cure ulcers and epilepsy; it can stimulate fertility in women and cattle.
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A particularly pleasing one recently arrived from Naples. It contained an appendix giving the English names for some common plants, and as most were new to me, I thought I might transcribe them.

I pick from its pages a few of the less technical facts which I always find so fascinating. It is odd for instance that Shakespeare should never have mentioned the snowdrop, he who lived to bejewel his poetry with the names of our simple flowers. https://t.co/9Q8jiFDyz0