1882. 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



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every summer on the coast near Charleston, 

 which has lately attracted much notice from its 

 beauty and profusion. The flowers bloom close 

 to the ground, and are so numerous that the 

 sands are golden in the evening. The plant has 

 thick reddish stems, which throw out deep stiff 

 roots, holding firmly to the sand. The leaves 

 are insignificant and greyish in color. 



SOME NEW ROSES OF 1881. 



BY JEAN SISLEY, LYONS, FRANCE. 



Tea, Etoile de Lyon (Guillot), splendid yellow, 

 large, free bloomer, strong grower. 



Tea, Beauts de 1' Europe (Gonod), very vigor- 

 ous, like Gloire de Dijon, large, very full, dark 

 yellow. 



He Bourbon, AbbcS Girardin (Bernaix), large, 

 full, well shaped, delicate pink, darker centre. 



Hybrid perpetual, Ulrich Brunner (Levet), is- 

 sue from Paul Neyron, cherry red, large, well 

 made. 



Hybrid perpetual, Violette Bouyer (La- 

 charme), large, well shaped, white, shaded 

 flesh, style of Jules Margottin. 



Hybrid perpetual, Helene Paul (Lacharme), 

 verj' large, globular, beautiful white, sometimes 

 shaded pink. Style of Victor Verdier. 



PUBLIC GARDENS OF ST. LOUIS. 



BY CHARLES CRUCKNELL, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



One of the favorite parks of St. Louis is 

 " Lafayette," and a beautiful place it is. Thou- 

 sands of people gather here, more particularly 

 on Sunday, and are seen wandering through the 

 shady avenues, or sitting about under the trees 

 enjoying the beauties of nature. The park con- 

 tains about thirty acres, is centrally located and 

 of easy access by street car. Near the centre is 

 erected a bronze statue of Benton and beneath 

 are the words, "There is the East; there is India," 

 from a speech of the great statesman. On the 

 south side of the park is a statue of Washington, 

 around which are planted very pretty beds of 

 foliaged plants. The carpet and mosaic beds 

 have been a chief feature of the attractions this 

 season. No less than twenty-five thousand plants 

 were set out, chiefly foliage plants. These are 

 contracted for and furnished by the city florists. 

 In addition many beds are made up of annuals, 

 Cannas, Caladiums,-grasses, roses and herbaceous 

 plants. Nine hundred Coleus Verschafi"elti and 

 fifteen hundred Coleus Setting-sun were planted, 



these being the only Coleus used. The last 

 named bids fair to equal the former in general 

 usefulness. It has stood the heat and dryness of 

 the past season extremely well, and being of a 

 rich golden color has imparted a glorious effect 

 to the grounds. A variegated Stevia worked in 

 well for lining the designs. "Lafayette Park" 

 in large letters cut in the grass near the walk 

 proved an immense attraction to j'oung and old. 

 Two rows of Echevaria secunda glauca formed 

 the outside, and a single row of Alternanthera 

 spathula in the centre completed each letter. A 

 c'rcular bed of more intricate design contained 

 the Missouri coat of arms. The ground work of 

 this appeared to be a dwarf Pilea about three 

 inches high, and remained green all through the 

 season. The bears in this bed made a good deal 

 of amusement for the youngsters but they were 

 perfectly tame. 



Another bed cut in the shape of a large cornu- 

 copia, the mouth filled with tea roses, and the 

 balance planted with various colored foliage 

 plants was charmingly pretty. Of the many 

 carpet beds planted, nearly all retained their 

 distinctive features until the first frost of the 

 season occurred, November 2d, thus ruthlessly 

 destroying the floral beauties of this, the garden 

 park of St. Louis. 



BROWALLIA AS A BLUE BEDDER. 



BY CHARLES E. PARNELL, QUEENS, L. I. 



In reply to W. D., who asks for the name of a 

 blue bedding plant in the January Monthly, page 

 8, 1 would say that I know of none better than 

 Browallia elata major, (grandiflora of some cata- 

 logues). This Browallia is an old plant but is 

 not as extensively known as its merits entitle it to 

 be. It is a half-hardy annual growing about 

 eighteen inches in height. It can be readily 

 raised from seed. The plants should be set about 

 ten inches apart. The flowers are produced in 

 the greatest abundance and are both beautiful 

 and delicate. I do not think that the blue 

 Lobelia will answer W. D.'s purpose and would 

 advise him not to try it. 



MR. HUNNEWELL'S GARDEN AT WEL- 

 LESLEY. 



BY WM. FALCONER. 

 NO. II. 



Rhododendrons.— There is no finer show in any 

 other garden in the country than that afforded 

 by the Rhododendrons at Wellesley in early 



