Vita Sackville-Westさんのイラストまとめ

[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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—which I would much rather call by its other name of Venetian Sumach. Venetian suggests all the brocades and velvets of Titian and Paolo Veronese and that is exactly what this lurid rhus calls to mind. https://t.co/3mvuOVpRKe

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.

Leaving the tulips, we come to the narcissi; and here again, we find ourselves in confusion. I cannot here cope with the innumerable sorts https://t.co/a3wKhbLEWZ

Then I like the broken tulips, the Rembrandts, Bizzares, and the Bybloemens all in their different feathery stripes and flakes. https://t.co/wzTVlmEV2v

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

Although it is true that Rosa alba semi-plena may have been the White Rose of York and alba maxima the Great Double White or Jacobite rose— https://t.co/7cDVaVJQtK https://t.co/skYtMn9YTa

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

July’55 The expression foliage plants carries something of a Victorian sound, like the echoing of a gong through a linoleumed, lincrustaed boarding-house, but in spite of this grim association some of the foliage plants hold a high decorative value in the garden.

And both belonging to the same botanical family (Caprifoliaceae) which includes the more familiar Weigelias and honeysuckles; with small trumpet-shaped flowers dangling from graceful sprays.