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mulch it has not proved hardj- with us. 

 It has naturalized itself as a weed in old 

 fashioned greenhouses. 



LvcH.Nis pLos-ctcri.ifl.pI.is thedouble 

 flowered ragged robin that one often 

 finds in farm and other old gardens in 

 the country. It is a hardy perennial, easy 

 to grow and a free bloomer, with red 

 flowers. Although pretty enough as a 

 border plant, it isn't anything one would 

 hanker after very much. 



IIedvchium coRONARitM, known as the 

 Indian Garland Flower, comes from the 

 liast Indies and is a tender or greenhouse 

 plant here. But it may be treated as we 

 do cannas. In fact its" root stocks and 

 manner of growth are suggestive of the 

 canna, and some of our western iriends 

 call it the white canna. From the end of 

 every growth in summer is produced a 

 spike of showy lily-suggestive white fra- 

 grant flowers. It is really a desirable 

 l)lant and easy to grow. And in a pot or 

 tub planted in rich turfy soil with good 

 drainage, and given plenty of water, it 

 makes a bold and handsome plant 4 or 5 

 feet high, sometimes more. 



HCIIIXOPS EXALTATIS (ought to be E. 

 cumnuitatusj is one of the globe thistles. 

 There are several species, mostly indigen- 

 ous in southern and eastern Europe, and 

 cultivated in gardens for their bold bear- 

 ing. This species is one of the commonest 

 and biggest. It has run wild and become 

 a weed in the borders at Dosoris, where 

 mature clumps are 7 to 8 feet high. They 

 have thistle-like foliage, and much- 

 branched stiff flower stems bearing large, 

 globular, silvery graj- or bluish heads of 

 flowers. Though striking they are not 

 showy. Get E. Rutbenkus instead of E. 

 exaltatus; it is a smaller and much prettier 

 species. 



Hypericum Moserianum is agem in its 

 way. From June till October it was in 

 bloom every daj- of the year with us last 

 summer, and its flowers are large, bright 

 yellow and pretty. The plant grows well, 

 and although really of a shrubb}' nature 

 wc regard it more as a herbaceous peren- 

 nial. While we have every reason to be- 

 lieve that it is hardy at Xew York, for 

 safety's sake, don't neglect to mulch it 

 well with tree leaves or litteroverwinter. 



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as'a garden plant it isn't one that will be 

 in demand for cut flovi-ers, the blossoms 

 are not showy and the color is not tell- 

 ing. It is, apparently, hardy in New 

 York, but how reliably so has yet to be 

 tested. It is a worthy plant and j'ou 

 should get it. 



BoLTONiA LATisQUAMA is a tall grow- 

 ing, hardy, herbaceous perennial, closely 

 resembling an elegant rose-purple flower- 

 ing wild aster. We have had it 7 feet 

 high. It is perfectly hardy, and in good 

 ■soil with good care will give you much 

 pleasure. There is nothing weedy or 

 ■coarse looking about it. 



Anthemis tlnctoria is an old garden 

 herbaceous plant, perfectly hardy and of 

 the easiest cultivation. It makes bushy 

 yarrow or chamomile-like clumps 18 or 

 20 inches high, and in summer bears a 

 great profusion of bright yellow daisy- 

 like flowers, and a few scattering blooms 

 during the rest of the season. While the 

 bright yellow one is the best there are 

 forms of it having pale or dingy yellow 

 blossoms, .\lthough it is quite prettj' as 

 a border plant we seldom use it as cut 

 flowers. 



Lychnis Vise aria splexdens fl. pl.— 

 An old and very beautiful tufted, hardy 

 herbaceous perennial, of the easiest culti- 

 vation, and sure and free blooming. Its 

 flowers are double, of good size and set 

 thickly on stems that rise 12 to 16 inches 

 in height; the color is deep, bright, rose- 

 red but with a purplish tone that some 

 people object to. 



Bego.nia Evansiana, also known as B. 

 discolor and B. grandis, and generally 

 called the hardy begonia, is a real prett\- 

 and desirable species from China. It is 

 herbaceous and deciduous, dying down 

 in fall and coming up again in spring, and 

 grows to a height of about 18 inches to 2 

 feet. The leaves are oblic|ue, sub-cordate, 

 green above and red beneath, and during 

 the summer lots of little bulblets or tubers 

 are borne at the axils of the leaves, and 

 from them the species is propagated. 

 The flowers are rose colored and pretty. 

 Planted out in the open garden in sum- 

 mer, in a moistish, sheltered north orcast 

 facing nook it thrives luxuriantly; and if 

 the border is heavily mulched over winter 

 the begonia will appear in abundance the 

 following spring. Without a winter 



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Our illustration is engraved from a 

 photograph of a rustic summer house and 

 bridge planned and made by Major James 

 K. Schrimshaw in northern Alabama. 

 The design is plain enough to any one, 

 and the structure seems to be substantial 

 enough for the purpose. Of course it was 

 never meant to be left in its nakedness 

 like this, but to be covered with appro- 

 priate vines. In its bare condition, how- 

 ever, it is more suggestive than it would 

 be if covered with foliage, and we can see 

 the detail inbuildingto better advantage. 

 Building elaborate and expensive summer 

 houses and then covering them with vines 

 serves no useful or tasteful purjjose; a 

 rustic house like this made of durable 

 material is just as good, for it will last as 

 long and support the vines as well as the 

 other. And it is within the reach of every 



About the best thing to use for this 

 work is red cedar, white cedar, tamarack 

 and cypress. If they are too stout to use 

 singly get them cut lengthwise through the 

 middle at the mill, and in order to have 

 the wood retain its soundness for many 

 years peel the young trees before using 

 them. 



What vines to use in coveringa summer 

 house like this is a matter of fancy or 

 location. Chinese wistaria, Japanese 



