Vita Sackville-Westさんのイラストまとめ

It tells the specialist all that he could want to know and tells the amateur a good deal more than he can be bothered to cope with. In this case I am thinking about the snowdrops and the snowflakes. https://t.co/lzWv9t74qX

[Some Flowers'37] Rosa moyesii: This 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.

There is also Colutea orientalis; this has the same coppery flowers as C. x media, which itself a hybrid of arborescens and orientalis, but it is said to be less generous of its flowers and to depend for its charm chiefly on the grey or glaucous quality of its leaf.

The peach my friends grow is called Grosse Mignonne and that has proved its quality.
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They resemble the old briar Austrian Copper, well known to rose-lovers but often their despair, owing to its tendency to black spot and die back.
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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.

Aug'49 It is not often that I mention vegetables, but I would like to put in a good word for the Globe artichoke.
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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 https://t.co/17Mu56Xk6R

19 July’55 The expression foliage plants carries something of a Victorian sound, like the echoing of a gong through a linoleumed, lincrustaed boarding-house.

As most of us already know flowers last very much longer if you have stamped on their stems, stripped them of their leaves and plunged them into boiling water. Detailed instructions are given by Mrs Spry as to which flowers respond best to this medieval-sounding treatment.