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At Aldeiiham. Cotoneasters will be found in bush shape, form- 

 ing beautiful beds in that part of the garden known as the Wilder- 

 ness, while near by will be found other beds, in which are growing 

 plants which have a creeping habit of growth. In other parts of 

 the grounds will be discovered specimens which have been worked 

 as standards and which now form small trees, some upright in 

 growth, while others have a beautiful pendulous or drooping habit. 

 Some will be discovered as large or small shrubs, carefully kept in 

 check and good shapes induced by expert pruning ; while in the 

 rockgarden and on various rocky headlands situated along the 

 course of the ornamental waters, others will be seen growing 

 that have a beautiful trailing and carpeting method of growth, and 

 these latter will also be found on the edges of the large clumps 

 of ornamental trees and shrubs. One last feature must not be 

 forgotten, and that is where they are employed for decorative 

 work on the "Rooteries" or masses of portions of roots, and even 

 whole tree roots, which have carefully been set up as a wandering 

 ground for some of the more rambling and coarse-growing sub- 

 jects, such as various Rubus and Polygonums, and in this portion 

 of the ground the Cotoneasters are employed in the form of good- 

 sized standards. It will be seen from the foregoing what a variety 

 of uses can be found for the employment of the various Coton- 

 easters. — Eowix Beckett, V. M. H., in Tlic Garden. 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS 



We have amongst hardy perennials, biennials, and annuals cer- 

 tain plants, the flowers of which d(.) not merely give pleasure for 

 a few days after they have been gathered, but will last for months, 

 if cut just at the right stage. We call these — perhaps for waiit 

 of a better term — "Everlasting" flowers. It is not everyone who 

 possesses a greenhouse from which during the Winter, flowers 

 may be obtained, but anyone having a garden can, if desired, pro- 

 vide flowers that at least in the depth of Winter will not fail to 

 attract. 



In the near approach of Spring is the time when it is best to 

 make arrangements. In perennials, we have Globe Thistles, the 

 Echinops, Sea Hollies, the Eryngiums, Physalises or Chinese 

 Lanterns, P. Alkchcngi, with pods or calycles of deep orange 

 and P. Franclictti, with those of brilliant red. Gysophilas, too, 

 with their graceful sprays are useful for making up, and add a 

 touch of lightness desired. G. paniculata, the well known "Gauze 

 flower," and G. pamcnlata alba plena the double form, the in- 

 dividual flowers of which are more pronounced. The panicles of 

 Statice also are of service to the seeker of flowers this month, 

 and S. latifoha with its miniature bluish purple blossoms is worth 

 consideration. 



One biennial at least inay be counted upon to add brightness 

 to a vase of "Everlastings." It is the time honored favorite, 

 Honesty (Lnnaria) with glistening silvery pods, a plant well be- 

 loved of country folk who grow it for its white and purple 

 blossoms, but more for the pods which follow, .\nnuals fur- 

 nish us with a few that are useful for the purpose, Helichrysums, 

 known as Everlasting Daisies in white and crimson and yellow. 

 Acrocliniums, a smaller daisy, and Rhodanthes more slender and 

 fragile still, more satisfactory if grown on a warm sheltered 

 border. 



Sprays of lavender, of bracken or heather, with a few field 

 grasses will add variety and in deft fingers make a most inter- 

 esting arrangement for brightening a room in the dull season. 

 — Irish GardcnUis. 



DEPARTMENT OF BOOK REVIEWS 



The Complete Garden, by Albert D. Taylor, M. S. A. ; Double- 

 day, Page & Co.. Garden City, N. Y. 



In the case of no other book has the reviewer been disposed to 

 give more hearty assent to what the publishers, with their very 

 extensive knowledge and experience, claim for this work : 

 "Whether your problem is to introduce a bit of Nature into a 

 congested city street, or to develop large areas into a harmonious 

 landscape setting; whether you are a professional of wide ex- 

 perience, and with extensive grounds under your care, or the 

 average small home owner, laying out a back yard, you will find 

 vital information, the exact information you need, in this, the 

 most practical and comprehensive garden book yet published." 



There should even be added, to the distinguishing features of 

 practicalness and comprehensiveness, that of sancncss. In com- 

 mon language the work may be said to start from the bottom and 

 to build, not upon fancies, theories or ideas, but upon knowledge 

 of plants and their idiosyncrasies, of soils and their effects, of 

 sites and their conditions, which vary with the weather and the 

 seasons. The professional designer or planting contractor finds 

 in orderly array what he needs to consider in evolving his work 



for a client, it may be in a distant part of this widely extended 

 country with its multifarious climates and growing conditions 

 of all sorts. The designer, planter and maintainer of his own 

 home grounds, garden or shade tree, has ready, in places most 

 easily found with the aid of an astonishingly large and accurately 

 detailed index, all the needed information, systematized, that he 

 might search out, piecemeal and detached from its essential asso- 

 ciations, in books less rational and thorough or in magazines. 

 No detail connected with plants other than those generally re- 

 garded as greenhouse plants only, seems to have been overlooked. 

 There is a glossary that should be welcomed and a good bibliog- 

 raphy which includes references to reliable articles in magazines. 

 Treatment is found of "Collected" stock, of Ornamental Plants 

 subject to disease and insect pests, of Poisonous Plants, of Plants 

 that Cause Hay Fever, of Fragrant Plants, of Cover Plants for 

 all the different situations, of Shrubs for forcing in water in 

 early Spring, of Horticultural Novelties, like those among the 

 •Rose, the Peony, the Iris, the Gladiolus and other flower families 

 for which national societies exist, of Combinations of Color and 

 Foliage. A few references to the index, which, by the way, ap- 

 pears to contain the first publication of the names of plants as 

 revised by the American Joint Committee of Horticultural 

 Nomenclature, to such topics as Annuals, Bulbs and Winter, 

 would convince one of the completeness of the work. But it is 

 not made up of isolated items like a dictionary or encyclopedia. 

 The book is a connected and coherent whole, enjoyable to read, 

 excepting perhaps, for some, the interspersed lists of plants, and 

 made attractive by its many illuminative pictures, pictures in 

 which one is enabled readily to see what is illustrated by well 

 chosen explanations that are appended. Those hi color are 

 exquisite. 



The book should find cordial reception among landscape archi- 

 tects and professional gardeners, many of whom will undoubtedly 

 respond to the author's invitation to aid in making the work an 

 entirely satisfactory and sufficient epitome of what should be 

 known for the successful handling of all kinds of ornamental 

 plants. The publishers are apparently confident that the book is 

 destined to be standard, for they expect so large a sale that they 

 have made the price remarkably low for so large a volume, one 

 that measures seven incites by ten, with so many fine pictures 

 upon its nearly 500 pages. 



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