| | |flowers about the same
| | |time, and produces a lovely
| | |contrast of colour.
| | |
| | |"I have pleasing
| | |recollections of seeing it
| | |in some old gardens trained
| | |over a path as a covered
| | |way before pergolas were in
| | |vogue in this country. For
| | |several weeks such covered
| | |pathways are glowing with
| | |colour, and for the rest of
| | |the summer they afford a
| | |pleasant shade. In some of
| | |the old Sussex gardens
| | |laburnum 'tunnels' are
| | |still to be seen, and they
| | |are worth imitating in new
| | |gardens.
| | |
| | |"Of the two commonly grown
| | |species of laburnum, L.
| | |vulgare and L. alpinum,
| | |there are numerous
| | |varieties, differing more
| | |or less from the types,
| | |though the differences in
| | |some cases are slight, even
| | |from a garden point of
| | |view. A laburnum is a
| | |laburnum to most people,
| | |and nothing more, but there
| | |is a great difference
| | |betwee