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and effectiveness to all the cultivated sorts. Tulipa Kauf- 

 manniana, T. Thubergeniana, T. Sprengeri, T. Clusiana, 

 T. Greigi and many other; are real jewels among flowers. 

 The selection for the hardy border is more extensive 

 than for any other purpose in gardening and all of them 

 should be used to make the border truly what it was 

 planned to be, "the roaming place for all hardy flowers." 



THE ROCKGARDEN. 



This style of garden, while yet an unknown quantity in 

 this country, will in the writer's opinion become one of the 

 most popular styles of gardening in the future. Some of 

 the most lovely hardy plants are only at home in the rock- 

 ery, and this holds particularly true of the smaller bulbous 

 flowers. The well-built rockery can provide every condi- 

 tion these flowers demand ; for instance, drainage and 

 protection. The species of wild Tulips also known as 

 Mountain Tulips find here the exact duplicate of their 

 native home and many varieties can be made permanent 

 here. Their season of blooming extends over a long 

 period of time, even of a single variety, so that when 

 planted in clumps one finds some of them in flower, some 

 in bud and some already past. 



Tulipa Kaufmanniana does exceedingly well here, for it 

 needs sharp drainage. It was introduced only a few years 

 ago and is almost the earliest to flower and the most 

 beautiful of all tulips. Early in April or sometimes in 

 March its blossoms begin to open, at first creamy white 

 and then flushed with pink on the outside, while the inside 

 has a golden centre like that of a water-lily. It seems to 

 withstand the severe weather well and it is not unusual 

 to see its great blossoms open above snow-covered 

 ground. Tulipa Biflora, a beautiful .little species with 

 several white blossoms on a stalk is another beautv. 

 Tulijia Lownei, a dwarf tulip with delicate pink blossoms, 

 and T. Pulchella, a pretty red tulip marked inside like a 

 calochortusf^ seems to thrive here. Tulipa Linifolia. 

 rather late, when planted in large clusters appears like a 



glow of scarlet. All these bulbs look best rising through 

 a carpet of Sedum, whose roots are too shallow to in- 

 terfere with the bulbs and whose leaves are not thick 

 enough to prevent them from ripening well in the summer. 



In fact, all the species usually offered may with safety- 

 be adopted for the rockgarden. 



There is a class of Daffodils that by nature must have 

 been designed for such a garden, for this style of garden 

 demands flowers which are rather prostrate or dwarf in 

 habit of growth, and invariably with such plants the- 

 flowers are rather of miniature size. 



The following varieties I should recommend : Tenbj^ 

 Daffodil, Princeps, Queen of Spain, Cyclamineus, all 

 varieties of Bulbocodiums, Triandus Albus, Nelsoni 

 Minor, Jonquillas, Juncifolius, Diomedes Minor, and: 

 IMontanus Poculiformis. Of Hyacinths the class of AIus- 

 caris are ideal, such as Grape Hyacinths, Feathered- 

 Hyacinths and Muscari Azureum, the latter flowering as- 

 early as February if weather permits. 



THE FALL AND WINTER GARDEN. 



Who does not cherish the Witchhazel blossom in 

 February or the first Snowdrop in March ? 



With proper selection of material one can have some- 

 thing in bloom from November until April. Start with 

 Sternbergia ; planted in October, its bright golden Fairy- 

 lily like flowers cover the ground in November ; the 

 Colchicums planted in September are still gay in colors; 

 Crocus specios'us is just coming into bloom and C. Sativus- 

 and C. Zonatus follow it in December. 



If you have a clump of evergreens facing the south, or 

 you have a warm border on the south side of the house, 

 plant a few bulbs of Crocus Imperati and its blue blossoms 

 will greet you the first sunny days in January and as. 

 often in the month as we have sunny days. 



If you have a cluster of trees under which the cold- 

 winds find no entrance, plant a few clumps of Chirstmas. 

 Roses (Helleborus). Even through the snow they will 



GARDEN SCENE AT MADISON. N. T., FLOWER SHOW. ARRANGED WrTH CHAS. H. TOTTVS COLLECTION OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



