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YU(J(JA GLAUCA IN THE GARDEN. 



lithospermum, dwarf speedwell. Vcitch's 

 ampelopsis, coroUata euphorbia, lily of 

 the valley, hardy ipomoeas, roses like 

 fiiliosa. nitida, and Wichuraiana, but 

 they all need a littie indulgence in summer. 



2. \ SHOWY WILD PLANT.— A friend of 

 mine saw at the natural bridge in Virginia 

 a beautiful rock plant growing on a wall, 

 with apparently no soil, in bloom in Sep- 

 tember. The blossoms were somewhat 

 like large nemophila, rose, yellow and 

 white, and made a perfect mbss of colo'. 

 Uo you know it? 



.4ns. I'nless it was portulacca natural- 

 ized there we cannot say 



3. Bulbs in a rose bed —What are 

 some of the best crocuses, tulips and nar- 

 cissi? Would it do to set tulips deep in 

 the tea rose bed at the time the roses are 

 set indoors for the winter, and would 

 they have finished blooming by the time 

 the roses should be planted out next 

 spring? 



.4ns. Crocus — get the large flowering 

 varieties of crocus — white, blue, striped 

 and yellow, and plant them as early as 

 you can get them, say in September or 

 October. Good single tulips are Due Van 

 Thol, scarlet, small, early; .\rtus, scarlet; 

 Belle .\lliance, brilliant dark scarlet; 

 Coleur Cardinal, dark red; Vermillion 

 Brilliant, vivid vermilion; Chrysolora, 

 yellow; Canarjbird, yellow; Keizer 

 kroon, scarlet edged with yellow; Rose 

 lirisdelin, rose and whi;e; I'ottebakker, 

 white; and La Reine, white tinged with 

 rose. Double tulips are Imperator Rub- 

 rorum, scarlet crimson; Rex Rubrorum, 

 bright red; Tournesol.red and yellow; La 

 Candcur, white. And get a few parrot 

 tulips and Gesneriana tulips and some 

 mixci bulbs of Bizarres and Bybloeniens 

 for late. All of these tulips except the 

 late ones are also among the best for pot 



culture. Lift and pot the roses about the 

 end of October and plant the tulips at 

 once. While you might plant them w here 

 they wouldn't interfere with the roses 

 next summer, tulips are better out ot 

 the ground than kit in it in summer, and 

 it would be the end of May before it 

 would be well to lift them.' Plant the 

 late blooming sorts by themselves. 



Of narcissus we can recommend the 

 trumpet daffodils as Trumpet major, 

 Horsfieldii, Emperor and Empress, all 

 single, but except the first named a little 

 high priced. They are verj- hardy though, 

 sure to bloom and multiply freely. The 

 double daffodil ( Von Sion ) so much grown 

 for forcing is very prttty the first year 

 after planting, but after that its flowers 

 assume a green-yellow color that is quite 

 disagreeable. Stella and Leedsii aregood 

 common sorts. And the Orange Phoenix, 

 Silver Phcenix, and particularly the Sul- 

 phur Phoenix, are generous, hardy and 

 common but good. Biflorus, Jonquil and 

 Campernelle are worthy kinds to grow in 

 clumps in sheltered places. And get the 

 early (ornatus) poet's narcissus, common 

 poet's narcissus and the double flowered 

 one. The polyanthus narcissus, to which 

 paper white and Chinese Sacred belong, 

 are not hardy enough. 



Cupid Sweet Pea.— Would it look best 

 in an ordinary bed or in a border? 



Ans. We know so little about it, and 

 nothing by personal experience, that we 

 cannot tell. That it is as dwarf, compact 

 and floriferous as was represented, how- 

 ever, we are satisfied. It was exhibited 

 as a pot plant in London some weeks 

 ago. Its flowers are white. We have 

 heard whisperings of a pink one to match 

 it having been lately jjroduced in Cali- 

 fornia. 



yUCCflS IN T«E OflRDEN. 



We look upon the common yucca ( Y. 

 filamentosa) as one of the most indis- 

 pensable hardy plants of the garden. It 

 will grow most anywhere except in a 

 swamp or dense shade, and once estab- 

 lished it lives forever. It is easily raised 

 from seed, and plants three years old 

 bloom nicely, and it is hardy over a large 

 section of the country. With us it blos- 

 soms from the end of June until the mid- 

 dle of July, making a fine show. We may 

 grow it in clumps here and there, especi- 

 ally in the neighborhood of rocks, and 

 as isolated specimens on the outskirts of 

 shrubberies. In deep, rich, sandy land it 

 seems to attain its greatest development, 

 but it isn't at all particular as regards 

 soil, and we know of it in fairly good 

 condition in poor sandy land. Undoubt- 

 edly it is our finest garden yucca. The 

 noble Yucca gloriosa, so fine in the South 

 isn't hardy in the north. 



But I'ucca^/auca is hardy with us. It 

 is beautifully and truthfully shown in the 

 accompanying illustration from this 

 year's "Report of the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden," and for which we are indebted 

 to the kindness of the director. Dr. Wm. 

 Trelease. Our readers will observe that 

 this is the kind generally known as 

 Yucca angustifolia, the representative 

 Rocky Mountain species. It is perfectly 

 hardy with us, and blooms two to three 

 weeks ahead of Y. filamentosa, but it 

 isn't as showy a plant as the last named 

 by a good deal. It is quite long-lived, 

 however, and in time makes fine large 

 clumps that are distinct and ornamental. 



WflTER PLANTS IN H TUB. 



y.B.G., Long Island, writes: 1. "I plant- 

 ed Nytnphiea odorata gigantea, N. Zan- 



