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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[March y 



bright and attractive, with the underside of the 

 leaf whitish. 



Magnolia steUafa [HaUeana). The most elegant 

 of magnolias, very distinct and individual in its 

 character, and blooming very young. It forms 

 a round, symmetrical, middle-sized bush, which 

 is covered in early Spring before any other 

 magnolia, and before its leaves appear, with ex- 

 quisite semi-double flowers. These flowers re- 

 semble the water-lily in the translucent white- 

 ness of their many narrow petals, and surpass 

 all others in delicate, subtle odor. Leaves oval, 

 medium-sized, of a rich green, appearing late. 



Magnolia Thurheri. A very pretty shrub, grow- 

 ing stronger and more upright than the last, with 

 flowers similar, but more of a creamy color, and 

 not appearing until the plant is well matured. 



Malus HaUeana. A beautiful variety of the 

 apple, with flowers of a lively deep rose color 

 at the base, and a lighter shade at the edges. 



Morus Tokwa. A fine species of mulberry, 

 much resembling Morus multicaulis,or silk-worm 

 tree. 



Planera Kiaki. Japanese Plane-tree. A very 

 fine tree, with large smooth glossy leaves, deeply 

 dentated. 



Pterostyrax hispidum. An exceedingly hand- 

 some shrub or low tree, bearing in Spring gi-ace- 

 ful pendant clusters of creamy-white Deutzia- 

 like flowers, with a delicate and grateful odor. 

 Foliage large and handsome. 



Quercus Daimyo. A very rare and handsome 

 oak of great value, with large, broad, oval, 

 leathery leaves of a glossy dark green color, and 

 covered with a brownish down when they first 

 unfold. 



Rhodotyjyos kerrioides. A very pretty shrub 

 with numerous pure white flowers, resembling 

 those of the Althea, but smaller. 



Salix Sieholdiana. A very strong growing and 

 distinct species, with larger leaves than is usual. 



Spirea crispifolia. A beautiful compact little 

 bush, with small, dark green, curled leaves, and 

 bearing numerous delicate pink flowers through- 

 out the season. 



Actinidia polygama. A beautiful climber of 

 elegant appearance, with flowers small and 

 white, like those of the Tea Plant, and very 

 sweet. 



Cocculus Japonicus. Attractive twiners, re- 

 sembling Menispermum, with yellowish flowers 

 in June, followed by very ornamental scarlet 

 berries. 



DoUchos japonicus. A handsome and very 



rapid growing twiner, resembling the Wistaria,, 

 with very long racemes of flowers, in which are 

 mixed the purple and white colors. 



Wistaria japonica. A very handsome and 

 rapid growing climber, with purplish blue flowers- 

 on immense racemes, about two feet long. This 

 and its varieties are all shy bloomers until well 

 grown, in a sheltered spot. 



Pinus densiflora. Japanese Red Pine. A very 

 fine ornamental tree, of compact habit, with 

 long spreading branches and bark of an ashy- 

 gray color. Foliage of a fine dark green. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES 



Hardiness of the Climbing Hydrangea. 

 — A correspondent at Paoli, Ind., says: "Will 

 some one who has tried the climbing Hydrangea 

 be so kind as to tell me whether it is hardy 

 north of Kentucky or not? I have an H. panicu- 

 lata bush I bought last Spring. Last Fall it bore 

 two very large trusses of flowers besides several 

 smaller ones. I am a fond admirer of hardy 

 flowers. I have several varieties, but think there 

 is none equal to my H. p. If the c. H. is hai-dy 

 I shall secm-e a plant this Spring." 



Yucca gloriosa in Texas.— A Mission Val- 

 ley correspondent writes : " A few years ago 

 Yucca gloriosa was abundant on our prairies, and 

 and seemed to me a prince in the floral kingdom. 

 It diversified every landscape twenty-seven years 

 ago. When I first came to Texas, I wrote a 

 volume of Sketches of the Southwest. 1 concluded 

 to keep them till they were forty years old and 

 have them published then to show contrast. In 

 this I wrote a description of the Yucca as it then 

 ]ooked tjo me when I first came from New York.. 

 At some leisure time I may send this description 

 to you." 



[It would be a pleasure to receive it. — Ed> 

 G.M.] 



Sophora speciosa. — A Texan correspondent 

 writes : " We have a broad leaf evergreen here 

 that is the perfection of beauty. Sophora spe- 

 ciosa, a native of this region, ten to twenty 

 feet high; leaf oval, very bright green, flowers 

 purple, pea-shaped, in large clusters; blooms 

 abundantly ; a fragrance equal to Cape Jasmine. 

 There is a thicket of Sophora on my premises 

 that I have, under favorable circumstances 

 smelled at a distance of 400 yards." 



