1880. 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



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Chromatella. — Very free and distinct ; flowers 

 of a rich orange-brown color. 



Delpine Caboche. — A splendid variety, produc- 

 ing very compact round flowers of a rich purpl- 

 ish rose; in its class of color it is perhaps the flnest. 



Hendersoni. — Free ; flowers colored rich 

 chrome-yellow, with small brown centre ; very 

 close and neat. 



PrecQcite. — A splendid kind ; very free, with 

 full large petaled flowers, of a bright yellow 

 color. 



Golden Button. — This is another bright yellow 

 flowered variety, but the blooms are smaller, 

 neat and round, freel}' produced, and the plants 

 are of good habit. 



Illustration. — A very free variety, growing ra- 

 ther tall, producing fine flowers, light rose and 

 white colored ; this is a very desirable variety. 



Frederic Pele. — A very distinct and fine va- 

 riety, producing bright red flowers in abundance. 



Madame Bachou. — White flowered, shaded 

 with light purple. 



Madame C. Desgrange. — A good variety, with 

 large flowers and very broad petals ; creamy 

 white. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



A Beautiful Striped Rose. — E. A. B., 

 Northampton, Mass., says: "I send you by 

 mail to-day, two rosebuds from the same plant, 

 (Louis Phillip) growing in my rose border. I 

 have some half dozen of the variegated ones. Is 

 it worth propagating, or is it a common thing 

 for the Louis Philip to sport in this way." 



[We believe a striped Louis Philip is wholly 

 new. The white lines are very pure, and the 

 efi'ect beautiful.— Ed. G. M.] 



The Hollyhock in Connecticut. — Be- 

 sides the note in another column, we have the 

 following from Mr. T. S. Gold of West Corn- 

 wall . " I notice an inquiry in the Gakdener's 

 Monthly, pp. 70, ' Is there any part of the 

 country where the old-fashioned hollyhock still 

 thrives?' Now the old-fashioned single and 

 semi-double, pink and other shades of red, has 

 got loose in my garden, in the border of my as- 

 paragus bed, and thrives as well as it ever did, 

 as attested by perhaps 100 stalks six to ten feet 

 high all through last autumn. We never thought 

 it could be sick." 



Greenhouse and House Gardening. 



SEASONABLE HINTS. 



Plants that have been in windows or green- 

 houses must now be set out to get their summer 

 airing. Usually they are simply set out in the 

 pots in which they have been growing. If there 

 are a large number they are set on the ground 

 in long narrow beds, and often plunged in sand 

 or coal ashes so as to keep the roots moist and 

 cool and save watering. These summer bedded 

 pot plants are often arranged like little flower 

 gardens, in circles, squares and other forms, and 

 add very much to garden interest. It is usual to 

 put these plants out under some shade, either 

 that of a large tree, an arbor, or under slats 

 made on purpose for them. Very often how- 

 ever these are too shady for some things. Aza- 

 leas, for instance do not flower well if kept all 

 summer in too much shade. It is best, if pos- 

 sible to divide the plants into three sets, — those 

 which love shade such as most Ferns ; those 

 which do well in partial shade, as Camellias ; 



and those which prefer the full sun as Palms 

 and many tropical plants. 



It is also well to make the beds of pot plants 

 near where water is easily obtained, so as to 

 have an easy supply for watering and syringing. 

 This last is an important point, as the red spi- 

 der often makes fearful work on a warm sum- 

 mer's day. Orchids in baskets for the most part 

 do very well hung out of doors during the sum- 

 mer ; but these should be suspended from the 

 branches of trees, or from some half shaded spot. 



Though most plants will be kept in pots, some 

 that will lift well with small balls in autumn 

 may be planted in the open ground. This is 

 particularly good advice when the plants look a 

 little sickly from over-watering or other cause. 

 They may be pruned a little when served in 

 this way. 



Many things get too large for windows, and 

 conservatories before the season's growth is 

 over, — this should be forseea at this season of 

 the year, and such possible ofienders severely 

 pruned. 



