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CTOVf both hardy and tender lilies. The 

 hardy ones are planted out in the bed of 

 the pond, deep or shallow according to 

 their size or preference, or planted in 

 boxes immers d in the pond; all the tender 

 kinds are planted inboxesin summer.and 

 in fall the roots are lifted out, potted, and 

 wintered in a tank in the greenhouse 



The boxks are of plank, 4 feet square 

 by 2 feet deep; we grow the large grow- 

 ing tropical varieties in them, and use 

 half barrels for the smallergrowingsorts. 

 These boxes rest 21,4 feet under water. 

 Many claim that this is too deep for best 

 results, but I do not find it so. Besides, 



GARDENING. 



April /J, 



are bold, free-blooming, showy, and grow 

 and spread with much vigor, and thev 

 are quite hardy. In small ponds, or when 

 cultivated in company with other lilies, 

 the lotus roots should be confined in 

 boxes or brick compartments, otherwise 

 it will spread so fast as to soon monopo- 



hze the space and choke out the other according to their strength 

 ' "'^^- Nicholson's Dictionary 



companion plants. 

 The water hyacinth (Eicbbornia eras- 

 sipes major) is very satisfactory. I have 

 bloomed it best in partial shade. The 

 water snowflake {Limnanthemiim Indi- 



SwEET Peas. I have a lot growing on 

 awiretrellisnearthe glass in the green- 

 house; they are about two feet high but 

 not vigorous. Think thev will bloom? 



.4 ns. Let them have fresh air every 

 day sunlight and lots of water when 

 needed, and they will likely yield flowers 



Is the editi. 



Garden- 

 of 1887 the last one? 



tis. And there is no probability 

 new one being made. It comes in 



, . pr 



of a new one being made. It .„..,^, 

 four volumes and costs $20. But it .c 

 much handier when bound in two books"^ 



n dry summer weather we draw from 12 ''".™> "f Planted near the edge of the pond two volumes in each. Ours 



to IS inches of water for watering the 

 lawns and garden, so we couldn't very 

 well place the boxes at much less depth. 

 .\m\ I find that deep water, after it gets 

 warmed up in summer, retains its warmth 

 much better and longer than do shallow 

 waters, and'is less liable to fluctuations of 

 temperature. Early in April wc let the 

 water ofl", emptying the i)ond, to allow 

 us to get the fresh loam and manure into 

 the boxes for tte coming season, and 

 look over the hardy lilies. By put- 

 ting in the manure as early as this weget 

 rid of the g^een scum, that is sure to 

 come to the surface after adding manure 

 before the lilies make much growth. Then 

 we let the water in gradually. 



The soil we use for all of our aquatics 

 is half loam and half cow manure pretty 

 well rotted. 



HARDY POND LILIES. 



The ones we grow consist of our lovelv 

 fragrant wild lily {Nympbxa odorata) 

 and its varieties Caroliniana, clear rosy 

 pink; rosea, the Cape Cod lily, dark pink, 

 and highly fragrant; exquisita, deep rosy 

 carmine, und sulpburea, a deeper vellow 

 than cbromateIla,qmte fragrant, and with 

 leaves beautifully mottled with reddish 

 purple spots. 7VvmpAa?aa/6a from Europe 

 is very free flowering but its blossoms are 

 scentless, the variety candidissima has 

 larger flowers. N. Marliacea alhida is a 

 charming free-flowering lily of waxy 

 whiteness; carnea, of the same race, rosy 

 pink, and vanilla scented; rosea, of deeper 

 color ihan the last; and cbromatella, 

 yellow with orange stamens, fragrant, 

 and in bloom from spring till fall, are 

 lilies that thrive well either planted out 

 in the bed of the pond or grown in tubs. 

 .V. Laydekeri rosea is a little gem. When 

 they open the blossoms are light pink 

 with golden centre, but they deepen with 

 age. A', pygaixa, white from China is 

 the smallest of all our lilies A variety of 

 it, Helveola, bears yellow flowers' all 

 through the season, has finely marked 

 f jliage, and is very satisfactory. 



TENDER OR TROPICAL WATER LILIES. 



By this I mean those whose roots are 

 not hardy enough to live over winter in 

 our open ponds, but which we can winter 

 easily in a greenhouse, and plant out in 

 the pond in summer. We have several 

 varieties on trial, and some most promis- 

 ing new sorts not yet in commerce, but 

 the following well known kinds because 

 of their satisfactory behavior have given 

 us great pleasure. Xympbwa dentata, 

 W'hite, flowers sonitimes 15 inches in 

 diameter; Devoniensls, rosy red, and very 

 free; Sturterantii, with broad deep rosy 

 red petals; gigantea, satiny bluechanging 

 to whit ■, fine; gracilis, white, blooms 

 carried well above the water; and Zanzi- 

 harcnsis and its varieties ro.sea and 

 azurea, all beautiful, and easy to grow. 



the LOTUS. 



Everyone who cangrowhardvacpiatics 

 should have the Egyptian lotiis {Nehim- 

 Ilium speciosiim), am\ thv roseiim. They 



will soon spread over several feet of' sur- 

 face and flower verv freely. It is the little 

 plant shown near the house in the illus- 

 tration. The water poppv (Limnocbaris 

 Humboldtii) should not be planted in 

 deep water; at the edge of the pond it 

 spreads and bloomsextravagantly. Then 

 we must have a clump of the Egvptian 

 paper reed ( Papyrus Antiquorum) and in 

 suitable places around the pond plant 

 bamboos, tall grasses, castor beans 

 Abyssinian banana, caladium, etc. 



„ ^ Peter Bissett. 



hardener to Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard. 



The Fiower Garden. 



VARIOUS QUESTIONS. 



The following questions are bv K. M. 

 W., Toronto: 

 Castillei 



this way, and is very convenient. But it 

 costs a little more. 



INDIVISA.— It 



height and 



OUR SUMMER GARDEN. 



In our summer garden at Lake George, 

 which wc only reach the last of May or 

 hist of June, we have a flower bed that 

 gives great pleasure. There happens to 

 be at one end a group of hybrid perennial 

 larkspurs, the rest is filled with several 

 varieties of yellow, orange and white 

 eschscholtzias, single and double, with a 

 full border of sweet alvssum. There is 

 always a pilgrimage tb a bed of salpi- 

 glossis, from which are gathered hundreds 

 of bloom until late autumn. I have never 

 met any one up there who had seen them 

 grown in quantity before. The piazza 

 boxes give great delight to ourselves and 

 a 1 visitors. Thereare three— zinc-lined— 

 filling the space from post to post, set in 

 cleats of wood nailed about a foot above 

 the piazza floor. It is always drv un^ier 



breadth aiid character and duration of f^*^'"' ^^^ ^ l)room can pass under. The 



bloom? Annual or 



perennial? lender 



boxes form a 



substantial railing, and 



protection of leaves will it stand our ^''f" *'"=-^ ^'^'^ fi""' the fragrance, bloom 

 northern winters? ^nd color are at a friendlv height to be 



Ans. A biennial, but blooms first year j^Ppreciated by one sitting in chair or 

 from seed, hence best treated as annual namtnock. A grape-vine and morning 

 Height between one and two feet, width g'0'''es are planted at oneend of the porch 

 half as much. Flowers yellow and not I-" ^^^ ground, the former trained as a 

 very conspicuous, bracts scarlet and 

 showy. It lasts in bloom for some weeks. 

 Like all the painted cups it grows beauti- 

 fully wild, but is hard to cultivate artifi- 

 cially. 



Crucianella stylosa —Will it make 

 a good edging? Is it hardy with good 

 protection? Characterandduratiou of its 

 bloom? 



Ans. It is a hardv perennial, of flat 

 spreading or trailing habit, with heads of 

 small but pretty pink flowers, and it 

 blooms for a long period in summer. A 

 nice plant in rockwork, but we do not 

 recommend it as an edging. 



TRicYRTis(JapaneseToadLilv). Should 

 the roots be planted in boxes now, or 

 transplanted to the open ground? Should 

 they be started in a cellar or under glass' 

 Approximate height and breadth of plant 

 and character and duration of bloom? 



Ans. The plant is a hardv perennial 



September and October. 



fneze across the front, just under the 

 eaves. Scariet runners bear the strong 

 winds well and are used vear after year 

 OT four posts. They never fail to attract 

 the ever-welcome humming-birds. Delici- 

 ous white and bufT double gillyflowers 

 and white petunias are the main depend- 

 ence for three months or more. All the 

 small spaces are sown with the graceful 

 native corydalis (C.glauca). The odor 

 of the stocks begins to be powerful about 

 du.sk. I am surprised so little is written 

 about the night-blooming stock {Math- 

 lola hicornis). I agree with one of the 

 English writers that there is nothing be- 

 side mignonette in the garden more dis- 

 tinctive, dehcate and delicious than this 

 stock. When, on arriving north, I find the 

 salpiglossis bed looking hopeless the first 

 week m June— the plants are an inch or 

 less in height and riddled with holes from 

 insects— I take them up, soak them in a 

 can of water over night, or longer, and 



Height one to three feet according to P'^"*^ again, and theygo right ahead and 

 variety and treatment, breadth from one '" '*! ^^9^ time area revelation of beauty 

 stem to a clump two feet across; flowers 



purplish and white, much spotted, and 

 crowded near the ends of the shoots 

 Lasts a long time in bloom. Probably 

 rather late for Ontario. 



Streptosolen Jamesoni. I am train- 

 ing this on a wiretrellisin thegreenhouse 

 near the glass, with a full southern 

 aspect. It IS blooming very well. How 

 shall I treat it when it has done blooming-' 



Ans. Cut it in a little andihin out thin 

 switchy or wiry branches. It likes free 

 ventilation, a good deal of root room and 

 rich soil, and a deal of water in warm 

 weather, for it is a great rooter. Hose it 

 too to keep it clean. We stand it 

 doors in summer, giving it lots of water 



/beauty 



and color. fj g 



New Hampshireave. , Washington, D.C. 



FALL SOWN SWEET PEAS. 



I see in your issue of March 15, the 



statement that autumn sown sweet peas 



should be planted on the level. In this 



dry climate, where we have almost no 



rain in winter, and the snows disperse 



without soaking into the ground, thereis 



no trouble in using the ordinary one foot 



trench. In the bottom is put four inches 



of old manure, then upon that two inches 



of soil. The seed is sown and covered 



with two tt) three inches of soil and the 



t of trench filled rounding with manure. The 



*"' Faiuiary catalogues usually mention some 



