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GARDENING. 



July 



are not exactly harmonious for a wild 

 garden, the plants all grow there pretty 

 well, and they give us a great amount of 

 |)leasure. John Dintiak. 



Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y. 



CyPRIFEDIUM FUBESCENS AND SPECTflBlLE. 



1 bought some roots of these in April. I 

 liad no leaf mold at the time, so jvlanted 

 them in a shady corner, in moist light 

 soil, where they get a few hours of the 

 morning sun, even that being partly cut 

 off by the shade of a large Rosa rugosa. 

 The puhescens had one large beautiful 

 yellow flower, greatly interesting flower 

 iovers in my neighborhood, but the spec- 

 tabile has not bloomed yet, and I do not 

 suppose it will this season. What I wish 

 to know is, is it worth while trying to do 

 anything with these hardy orchids? With 

 the exception of the absence of leaf mold. 

 I think all the other conditions are favor- 

 able to their growth. They are really so 

 beautiful, interesting and curious, that I 

 want to get a lot if it is worth while. 

 L. C. L. Jordan. 



Of course you can grow them, and that 

 too in your open garden in perfection, 

 and with the satisfaction that they are 

 likely to increase in size of clumps 

 and number of blossoms ever}- suc- 

 ceeding year, at least that's how they 

 used to do with us, then why not with 

 you? But don't buy them in April. Order 

 them now so that their position in the 

 woods can be marked and you can get 

 the plants about the time the stems die 

 down. While leaf mould is an excellent 

 thing for them it is not imperative, if you 

 have any swamp moss chop up some and 

 mix it with the soil you plant the cypri- 

 pediums in, and if practicable mulch 

 about them with swamp moss, or Ijetter 

 still moss and leaf soil mixed together. 

 We have found that puhescens and its 

 almost twin sister parviHorum love a 

 little shade, and moderate moisture, but 

 spectabile while it will grow in a swamp, 

 will also thrive in a moist spot in the 

 garden. 



MY GARDEN. 



All my plants were moved last fall from 

 Cambridge to Brookline, and all my spare 

 time is devoted to starting a new garden. 

 Our season has been very dry, and results 

 are good, but not as good as they will be 

 another year. The only regret I have is 

 that my large plant of J?osa muhiflora 

 was planted in a very sunny place, and 

 all the wood is killed down to the earth, 

 but it is sprouting nicely from the ground 

 and will be a fine plant next year, and I 

 can train it to suit the new conditions 

 Of course I moved it again to a better 

 spot. 1 have two young plants of it 

 raised by the Storrs & Harrison Co., to 

 whom i sent buds last summer. They 

 have a stock now from these buds. Ell- 

 wanger & Barry also had cuttings of 



ripe ' 



()d. Am now buildiua 



A SMALL co.NSERVATORV for my orchids 

 attached to the house, giving me bench 

 room 2 feet by 24 feet, more room than I 

 had before, to say nothing of the rafters 

 for hanging those on blocks and baskets. 



Ca.nnas.— 1 had a bed of Admiral Cour- 

 bet and Mme. Crozy cannas and saved 

 seed in '94 and grew one plant in a pot. 

 It threw up three spikes of flowers this 

 winter, and as a friend of mine grew Mme. 

 Crozy for Easter sales we had a chance 

 to compare. We think our .seedling is as 

 good as Mme. Crozy, with more yellow 

 on the edges and a little brighter red. I 

 will divide it and plant it out soon but 

 the old Admiral and Crozy are still first 

 in mv estimation. 



I MISSED CyPRIPEDIUM SPECTABILE at 



Easter, notwithstanding I made ready a 

 new stock for forcing, hoping to have a 

 place for them sooner. These plants are 

 growing finely under a broad piazza 

 where there is ample room and light, and 

 will flower. My old stock of this fine 

 slipper orchid I gave to the Botanic Har- 

 dens at Cambridge, and was there last 

 Sunday to see the plants in flower, and 

 we hope they may be established, but I 

 think much finer flowers and plants can 

 he grown under glass than in the open. 

 [No, they grow better out of doors, in 

 fact, in the garden they grow well, in- 

 creasing in size, strength and beauty, and 

 they live year after year. Between four- 

 teen and nineteen years ago we had them 

 in splendid condition out of doors in the 

 Cambridge Botanic Garden. We also had 

 puhescens, parrifloruni, arietinum and 

 candidum in as good form at the same 

 time, and with no difficulty beyond a lit- 

 tle intelligent care and placing. And 

 since then we grew spectahile at Dosoris 

 for forcing, blooming the same old plants 

 year after year. — Ed.] With me they 

 always did' well using sheep manure 

 water very weak and potting in leaf 

 mould, sand, and live moss, with one- 

 half drainage of stones and charcoal. 



Arethusa bulbosa is another orchid 

 that can be forced. Although I only had 

 it once it was fine and will have it again. 

 [True, the arethusa is a little gem, and 

 easily forced the first year, but not so 

 easv'to keep over in good condition and 

 force in successive years. But the satis- 

 factory cultivation of these beautiful lit- 

 tle plants is largely a matter of love; if 

 you truly love a plant it is almost sure to 

 thrive under your care. — En.] T. N. C. 



Boston, Mass. 



PLANTS IN BLOOM JUNE 22. 



The Spanish irises are past, but the 

 English ones have taken their place, these 

 latter are fine and their color ranges 

 through blue to the purest white. The 

 A'cemp/en iris are making a good show- 

 ing, but it will be a fortnight before they 

 will be at their best. 



Liliuni Thunbergianum (or Elegans) 

 and several of its varieties are in nice 

 flower. It is one of our earliest and most 

 showy lilies. According to kind they 

 vary in size from twelve inches to two 

 feet or more in height. L. Dalmaticuw, 

 now past, was quite showy while in 

 flower, but it did not last long. A large 

 clump of L. Hansonii is now coming into 

 flower; what a grand lily it is! On our 

 sand}', well drained soil it does very well 

 and grows stronger every succeeding 

 year. Its flowers are yellow dotted with 

 brown. L.pardalinum is in good bloom, 

 its flowers are orange red spotted with 

 black, L. Brownii and L. candidum will 

 be in flower in a few days. 



Iris Monnieri is distinct from the other 

 irises; its leaves are dark green, long and 

 thin like those of a gladiolus, the flower 

 scape is about three feet high, and the 

 blossoms are of a rich golden yellow- 

 color. 



Salvia argentea has been in fine flower 

 of late; its beautiful silverv leaves and 

 pure white flowers make it one of our 

 liest border plants. It is easily raised from 

 seed and is quite hardy. 



Lathyrus latifolius (perennial peas) 

 are beginning to flower; they grow about 

 four to six feet high and need brush to 

 run on, the same as sweet peas. The 

 spireas are quite gay just now. S. fili- 

 pendula is about past; its fern-like foliage 

 and showy heads of pure white flowers 

 were very choice. 



,"?. .'ln;;)cr/s is in good flow-er, it grows 



from four to five feet high, and has also 

 white flowers that last a long time in 

 bloom. 



Lychnis Viscaria (ragged robin) has 

 given us flowers for over two months. 

 It is one of the best things we hate in the 

 garden for cutting from; it has long 

 spikes of fragrant red flowers. L. Chal- 

 cedonica has heads of conspicuous crim- 

 son flowers, and the Hangeana hybrids, 

 from seed this spring, are giving a lot of 

 flowers; they are of all shades of red and 

 pink to the purest white. 



The verbascunis (mulleins) have im- 

 proved very much since my last notes, 

 r. phlowoides is the best one; a large 

 group of it herewith delphiniums planted 

 amongst them makes a lovely picture. 

 Campanula Trachelium, white and blue, 

 is in nice flower; they are from .seed sown 

 last June. They grow about four feet 

 high and have bell shaped flowers. C. 

 persiavfolia has been grand; the seed of 

 it was sown last June. Get a paper of 

 seed of this now and sow- it right away 

 and you will have nice plants in bloom 

 next summer. C. turhinata is now at its 

 best, this also is from seed sown last 

 June. 



Bessera elegans, an easily grown little 

 Mexican bulbous plant, is in nice bloom. 

 We treated it the same as we did gladio- 

 lus bulbs; its flowers are real pretty, 

 about an inch in diameter, drooping in 

 clusters, and scarlet with a white band 

 through the center of each petal. 



The marguerite carnations are begin- 

 ning to flower and be fine; they are easily 

 raised from seed and bloom the same year 

 as when sown. 



Dichtamnus Fraxinella, both white and 

 purple have been in nice flower of late but 

 are now past; it is a gem, lasting long in 

 flower. Allium Moly is a little bulbous 

 plant with compact umbels of bright 

 yellow flowers. Glnothera Lamarckiana 

 is the finest of the biennial evening prim- 

 roses; its big yellow flowers don't last 

 long, but they are fine while they are 

 open. 



Perennial phloxes are beginning to 

 flower but it will be some time before 

 they are all in bloom. Self sown poppies 

 are in nice bloom. A lot of them among 

 the foxgloves makes one of the loveliest 

 spots in the garden. 



The Canterbury bells are at their best, 

 and what a show they make! Grown in 

 a mass one can see them at their best and 

 they are so early raised from seed that 

 every one should have them. Linaria 

 Dalmatica grows three to five feet high, 

 and has large branching spikes of yellow 

 flowers. The glaucous foliage shows it 

 off nicely, its blossoms last a long time in 

 beauty. The plant is quite hardy and so 

 good that we could not do without it; it 

 has been in flower now for over two 

 months and is iu nice bloom still. Sweet 

 Williams, pansics, stocks, and delphini- 

 ums are at their best. The annuals are 

 beginning to make a good show in the 

 garden, and in a week or two will 

 l)e very fine. David Eraser. 



Mahwah, N J. 



FLAN FOR LOT 150 X 210 FEET. 



This plan is designed as a type of an 

 economical and convenient arrangement 

 of a suburban lot of ordinary size and 

 shape, such as are laid out by" the thou- 

 sands every year; the scheme of putting 

 the house towards one corner is an un- 

 usual one, but makes it possible to 

 arrange the drying ground and outbuild- 

 ings more economically than by the 

 ordinary plan of putting the house near 

 the middle of the lot. By this meansalso 

 as great an expense of unbroken lawn as 



