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GARDENING. 



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FERN HOUSE. LINCOLN PARK. CHICAGO. 



snapdragons around, belted with aca- 

 lypba, and edged with red alternanthera. 



Tall cryptomerias and somearaucarias, 

 lined with ficus and belted with varie- 

 gated abutilons, belted with variegated 

 seduin with a scroll of cotyledon and 

 studding of haworthia, points filled with 

 mixed succulents, and all edged with 

 echeveria. 



Near edge of pond beds of tall annual 

 sunflowers, lined with red salvias, and 

 bordered with beets. Didn't like this 

 combination. 



Long bed filled with tall ficus and hibis- 

 cus, and lined with lesser ficuses and 

 acalyphas, green leaved dracamas, a few 

 cotton plants, and bordered with torenias 

 and dwarf cockscomb, and edged with 

 yellow feverfew. 



Long wavy -edged bed with tall palm in 

 middle, then tallish crotons. lined with 

 Rex begonias and a few tuberous ones, 

 bordered with Vernon begonias, then vel- 

 low feverfew and red oxalis, and edged 

 with yellow feverfew. At the angle 

 points of the waves a few small agaves, 

 aloes, variegated echeverias (Horeyi) and 

 blue kleinia were grouped together. 



Tall ficus with lesser ficuses and Vernon 

 begonias, bordered with Vernon begonias 

 and blue lobelia, and edged with yellow 

 feverfew. 



Long undulated bed, with tall palms, 

 then crotons, and a cockscomb lining, 

 then a border ot red alternanthera, next 

 to that yellow alternanthera, with an 

 edging of echeveria. The angle points 

 filled with groups of small succulents. 



An undulated bed filled with tall cereus 

 and lined with billbergiasand pineapples, 

 and a few Euphorbia splendens, opuntias 

 and yuccas, then red alternanthera and 

 yellow mesembrvanthemum, and edged 

 with echeveria. 



Tall ficus and hollies with belting of 

 ficus and lining of variegated anthericum, 

 bordered with yellow alternanthera 

 studded with variegated echeveria, and 

 edged with echeveria. 



Spanish laurel lined with Enonymus 

 Japonicus and edged with beets. 



Many vases were filled with large hy- 

 drangeas now some time out of bloom. 

 Others had big latania palms and a lin- 

 ing of green-leaved aspidistra. A drapery 

 of vines we think would have added to 

 their attractiveness at this time of year. 



Large rocky angular mound under a 

 Kentucky coffee tree was filled with aloes, 

 billbergias, agaves, cereus, cacti, echeve- 

 rias, variegated sedum, fleshy kleinias, 

 peperomias, hardy houseleeks, yellow 

 feverfew, some tender ferns, and spread all 

 overwith torenia. Considering the great- 

 mass of neat, hardy, trailing and vine 

 plants, low shrubs, mossy and carpeting 

 perennials and ferns at our command we 

 would rather fill this rockery with hardy 

 than tender plants. 



QUESTIONS ABOUT FLOWERS. 



D. M., Two Rivers, Wis., asks: 

 1. Are the enclosed plants Clematis 

 paniculata and Lonicera Halleana, what 

 thev are named? This is what I bought 



them for, but must say I have been dis- 

 appointed in both of them. The clematis 

 is now covered with blossoms, but it is 

 not fragrant. 



Ans. Yes, both names are right. Don't 

 get discouraged, take good care of them 

 for another year and you'll be pleased 

 with the way both of them will grow and 

 bloom, and some dewy evening next 

 September when the clematis is in full 

 bloom and you are returning home from 

 prayer meeting we shall be very much 

 mistaken if you cannot smell your garden 

 before you get up to it, and the fragrance 

 will come from that clematis. We had a 

 very pointed example of this a week ago. 

 We were at Boston, and spent the night 

 with ourgood old friend James Farquhar, 

 the seedsman, who lives some miles out 

 in the country. In the gloaming we took 

 a ride out through the neighboring 

 country and it was quite dark before we 

 got back home. We were coming along 

 gently up a steep grade when we sniffed 

 the air, it was heavy with the fragrance 

 of flowers, and we remarked: "Well, 

 James, I don't know where we are, but if 

 we aren't getting pretty near your place 

 I'm much mistaken, for I smell that 

 clematis (C paniculata) on your fence." 

 And so we were, it was on the next street 

 over the hill. But such a fence! A hundred 

 yards of Clematis paniculata in solid 

 bloom. 



2. Cosmos. In last Gardening you tell 

 us that cosmos should be taken indoors 

 soon, but how am I to get mine in the 

 house? The plants are S feet high and 



