Identifier: homegardennotest00jeky (find matches)
Title: Home and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a worker in both
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932
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Publisher: London, New York, Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
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hings seemto right themselves about the middle of this month. The country people say that the roots of Eldermust never be allowed to come near a well, still lessto grow into it, or the water will be spoilt. Theyoung shoots are full of a very thick pith; we usedto dry it in my young days, and make it into littleround balls for use in electrical experiments. Thescent of the flowers, especially wind-wafted, I thinkvery agreeable, though they smell too strong to bringindoors. If I were not already overdone with homeindustries, I should distil fragrant Elder-flower water;but I let the berries ripen and make them into Elder-wine, a pleasant, comforting, and wholesome drink forwinter evenings. It is always convenient to have names for thedifferent parts of a garden. I made this remark toa friend as we were passing a solid wooden seat underone of the tall Birches that give rather a distinctcharacter to the lawn and garden space just north ofthe house, and I added that a name for that seat was
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The Cenotaph of Sigismunda. MIDSUMMER 71 much wanted. As if inspired, he at once said : Callit the Cenotaph of Sigismunda. The name was soundoubtedly suitable to the monumental mass of Elm,and to its somewhat funereal environment of weepingBirch and spire-like Mullein, that it took hold at once,and the Cenotaph of Sigismunda it will always be aslong as I am alive to sit on it. It is a favourite resortof the pussies, sheltered, and receiving the alternatebenefits of full afternoon sun and its milder filtrationthrough the still taller Birches opposite. Pinkieboysportrait, at page 257, was done there while he wasenjoying his after-dinner siesta. How endlessly beautiful are the various kinds ofIris, of which so many bloom in June. In fact they areplants for nine months of the year, for stylosa beginsto flower in November, and before its long bloomingseason, extending to April, is over, there comes theglorious purple Iris reticulata and its varieties, and ina snug sunny place at the foot o

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