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ELIZABETHAN FLOWER GARDEN.
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whitish or blewish pebble stones”—this method Parkinson puts
last in his list, “ for it is the latest invention .... and maketh
a pretty handsome shew.” It seems strange that such a simple
thing as stones for edging should not have been thought of
before. Within these edgings, the “ open knots ” were filled with
flowers, “ all planted in some proportion as neare one unto
another as is fit for them,” which “ will give such grace to the
garden that the place will seem like a piece of tapestry of many
glorious colours.” Parkinson divides the flowers to be planted in
gardens roughly into two sections, “ English Flowers,” and
“ Outlandish Flowers.” Among English flowers he names all
those we have already noticed as being grown in earlier times,
such as primroses, daisies, marigolds, gilloflowers, violets, roses,
and columbines, and among outlandish flowers, or “flowers
that being strangers unto us, and giving the beauty and bravery
of their colours so early, before many of our own-bred
flowers, the more to entice us to their delight .... are
almost in all places, with all persons, especially with the
better sort of the gentry of the Land,” “namely Daffodils,
Fritillarias, Jacinths, Saffron-flowers, Lillies, Flowerdeluces,
Tulipas, Anemones, French cowslips or Bears’ Ears, and a
number of suchlike flowers, very beautiful, delightful, and
pleasant.”
The number of “ outlandish ” flowers grown in our gardens
was rapidly increasing. All through this period, flowers were
coming in, both from the Old and the New World. The
following are a few among the best known of these importa-
tions :—“ The Crown Imperial,” both orange and yellow, and
varieties of the small Fritillary, then called the “ Turkic, or
Guiniehen flower, or chequered daffodil.” The hardy cyclamen
{europoeum); the Lobelia cardinalis, the Passion flower (JPassi-
flora incarnated), or “ Virgin dimer.” The Christmas rose,
Helleborus niger, niger angustifolius and vernalis. The common
white lilac, or “ pipe tree,” and syringa (Philadelphus coronarius);
also the common cotoneaster and laburnum ; several species of
martagon lilies; the common yellow jasmine; the sweet-scented
marvel of Peru and evening primrose, and the hardy spiderworts ;
the African marigold, and sunflowers and larkspurs, both annual
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whitish or blewish pebble stones”—this method Parkinson puts
last in his list, “ for it is the latest invention .... and maketh
a pretty handsome shew.” It seems strange that such a simple
thing as stones for edging should not have been thought of
before. Within these edgings, the “ open knots ” were filled with
flowers, “ all planted in some proportion as neare one unto
another as is fit for them,” which “ will give such grace to the
garden that the place will seem like a piece of tapestry of many
glorious colours.” Parkinson divides the flowers to be planted in
gardens roughly into two sections, “ English Flowers,” and
“ Outlandish Flowers.” Among English flowers he names all
those we have already noticed as being grown in earlier times,
such as primroses, daisies, marigolds, gilloflowers, violets, roses,
and columbines, and among outlandish flowers, or “flowers
that being strangers unto us, and giving the beauty and bravery
of their colours so early, before many of our own-bred
flowers, the more to entice us to their delight .... are
almost in all places, with all persons, especially with the
better sort of the gentry of the Land,” “namely Daffodils,
Fritillarias, Jacinths, Saffron-flowers, Lillies, Flowerdeluces,
Tulipas, Anemones, French cowslips or Bears’ Ears, and a
number of suchlike flowers, very beautiful, delightful, and
pleasant.”
The number of “ outlandish ” flowers grown in our gardens
was rapidly increasing. All through this period, flowers were
coming in, both from the Old and the New World. The
following are a few among the best known of these importa-
tions :—“ The Crown Imperial,” both orange and yellow, and
varieties of the small Fritillary, then called the “ Turkic, or
Guiniehen flower, or chequered daffodil.” The hardy cyclamen
{europoeum); the Lobelia cardinalis, the Passion flower (JPassi-
flora incarnated), or “ Virgin dimer.” The Christmas rose,
Helleborus niger, niger angustifolius and vernalis. The common
white lilac, or “ pipe tree,” and syringa (Philadelphus coronarius);
also the common cotoneaster and laburnum ; several species of
martagon lilies; the common yellow jasmine; the sweet-scented
marvel of Peru and evening primrose, and the hardy spiderworts ;
the African marigold, and sunflowers and larkspurs, both annual