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Oct. /J, 



eties together. The May flowering scillas 

 (or wood hyacinth) are also showy and 

 easily grown bulbs, thriving most any- 

 where, and they are fine for naturalizing 

 among shrubs or under trees. The spring 

 snowflakes should be largely grown for 

 cut flowers, their pure white blossoms 

 being excellent for this purpose. The 

 ixias. sparaxis, babianas and tritonias 

 are not hardy here, but they can easily be 

 planted in a frame, setting them late in 

 1 he lall. You can put them in your pansy 

 frame and deep enough so that when you 

 lift out your pansies in spring you won't 

 disturb the bulbs. They succeed very 

 well in this way and are worth the 

 trouble; the calochortus do nicely in the 

 same way. 



IIo*- beautiful some of the newer tulips 

 are, such as Batalini, Clusiana, Eichleri, 

 Vitcllina alba, linifolia; the last named 

 one only grows about three inches high. 

 This fall we will add a few thousand 

 more narcissus toour garden, but asthere 

 is such a number of varieties of them that 

 it is hard to make a selection, but one 

 cannot go far wrong.as they areallgood. 

 Among the showiest ones are: Sir Wat- 

 kin, Lcdsii, Hoisfieldi, Maximus, Em- 

 peror, Nelsoni Major, and don't forget to 

 plant a lot of the poet's daffodil ( Poeticus 

 ornatus); it is the finest of all for cut 

 flowers and lasts a long time in bloom, in 

 fact last spring it was our earliest narcis- 

 susin flower.coming intobloom in March 

 in a sheltered border, and in the more 

 open border it was the last one in flower. 

 [Wasn't the plain Poeticus the last one? 

 Ornatus is the early form of Poeticus. 

 —Ed.] In planting bulbs in this way in 

 different parts of the garden a succession 

 of flower can be had for a long time. 



Mahwah, N J. David Frasek. 



CLEMATISES IN THE GARDEN. 



Clematis lanuginosa, the subject of this 

 illustration,|belongsto the large flowering 

 summer and ; utumn bloomers, and pro- 

 duces its flowers on the current season's 

 growth. It does not bloom in masses 

 after the manner of the Jackmanni type, 

 but disperses its favors in such a way 

 that their individual beauty is more fully 

 developed by the setting of green foliage 

 immediately back of the flower. The illus- 

 tration does not do justice to this feature, 

 as blooms that in the picture seem to run 

 one into the other, are in reality divided 

 by several inches, one back of the other. 

 The photograph was taken about the 

 middle of July, when this plant was prob- 

 ably in its prime; it has been in bloom 

 more or less ever since and to-day, Oct. 

 10, possesses one solitary flower, the last 

 of the Mohicans. The flowers are about 

 three to three and a half inches in diam- 

 eter when first opened out flat, and in- 

 crease in size until they reach five and six 

 inches. Their color at maturity is a deli- 

 cate lavender. Each bloom remains per- 

 fect for a week or more. The space in- 

 cluded in the view is that between two 

 posts permanently occupied by the 

 Akebia quinata. The clematis in flower 

 is planted nearly in the center. To the 

 right of it is a plant of clematis Duchess 

 of Edinburgh, which is a light grower 

 with me, producing only a few of its 

 handsome double white flowers. It be- 

 longs to the Florida type that blooms 

 mainly from the old wood, which I do not 

 . save to any great extent, but in August 

 shoots from the old wood have reached 

 up quite a way into the edge • of the ake- 

 bia and placed there a few pure white 

 rosettes which are charming to behold. 

 To the left is a strong vine of Jackmanni 

 superba, a very dark violet purple which 



CLEMATIS LANUGINOSA 



does not open up full until about August 

 1. It is mainly trained on a few strings 

 run up alongside the akebia. It crowds 

 over somewhat on to the akebia and 

 twines in and out its outer lace. As lent 

 it back from the akebia when through its 

 most profuse flowering, it does the vine 

 no harm. I know of no vine that will al- 

 low others to grow over its face part of 

 the season and stand it so good naturedly 

 as the akebia. 



One of the most pleasing sections of my 

 veranda, where the posts are fifteen feet 

 apart instead of twelve, as is the case 

 here illustrated is planted as follows: To 

 the right, planted three feet from the ake- 

 bia is the Kermesina, which is carried up 

 along the edge of the ake ia nearly to the 

 top, producing a mass of claret colored 

 flowers in Julv and August. Planted next 

 to the left is a strong plant of the Texas 

 leather flower (Clematis Viorna var coc- 

 cinea). This mainly covers the space be- 

 tween the posts, but stray shoots find 

 their way up in company with the Ker- 

 mesina. This vine commences blooming 

 in July, but is most profuse in August and 

 never knows when to stop. Jack Frost 

 always catches it in bloom. Nicholson 

 describes the flowe as follows: "Sepals 

 four, very thick and fleshy, about oneand 

 a half inches long, companulate at the 

 base; segments reflexed at the tips, inter- 

 ior yellow, exterior of a > intense ver- 

 milion." Then to the left comes an old 

 plant of that magnificent species C. pani- 

 culata. Between this and the other ake- 

 bia vine is the European Traveler's Joy 

 (C. vitalba) that is in its prime in August. 

 This vine, with its small star-shaped, al- 

 mond-scented white flowers in clusters, is 

 not a rampant grower, but sends out 

 long slender shoots that twine in and out 

 the outer face of the akebia, appearing in 

 unlooked-for places, and when in bloom 

 stem like festooned bands of lace against 

 the akebia green. All summer long C. 

 paniculata had been stretching out its 

 long arms, one to the right, the other to 

 the left, keeping close to the top of the 

 railing until it takes its place alongside 

 the Kermesina on one side and Vitalba on 

 the other, but being more vigorous and 

 more inspiring than its companions it 

 continues on reaching the top of the post 

 and then across, under the arch of akebia 

 vines (on strings provided), until its di- 

 viding arms meet in the center, having 



formed a complete loop in its travels Al. 

 the season through we had almost for- 

 gotten it, not at the root however, where 

 it had plenty of moisture, but the charms 

 of its companions satisfied our prtsent 

 desires and we gave but little thought to 

 it. About the last of August from num- 

 erous side shoots thousands of tiny 

 pointed buds appear, which on some fine 

 morning in September cover the vine as if 

 a snow storm had strayed in before its 

 time White starry flowers in countless 

 thousands, delicately perfumed like my 

 lady's 'kerchief, all arranged in graceful 

 sprays. This is a vine that every one 

 wants and should have. It is perfectly 

 hardy under ordinary culture, but for full 

 effect it must have good rich soil deeply 

 dug and profusely watered. I have two 

 vines planted at each side of a porte- 

 cochere. In addition to the ordinary 

 watering Irom the hose, one receives con- 

 siderable during the season, by a pipe 

 from the roof. This plant, although of 

 the same age as the other, produces one- 

 third more blooms. When winter ap- 

 proaches this surplus water is carried to 

 the roadway by a wooden gutter. 



On other parts of the porch railing I 

 grow other hybrids, such as C. Madame 

 Edouard Andre, "the red clematis," which 

 made its debut at the World's Fair. It 

 belongs to the Jackmanni type and while 

 not as vigorous as that variety is a fairly 

 strong grower and a good bloomer. 

 Rubro-violacea, a maroon purple, is very 

 nch looking and a fair bloomer. Win. 

 Kennett, a deep lavender, is not a strong 

 grower and does not produce over a dozen 

 flowers during the season. Velutina pur- 

 purea, a blackish mulberry, is also a shy 

 bioomer. Viticella venosa, while a strong 

 grower and good bloomer, is weak in 

 color and only attractive at a distance. 

 All so far mentioned have proven hardy 

 under protection They are planted in a 

 deep rich, light soil and well watered in 

 summer. All are cut to within a foot of 

 the ground in the fall, and laid upon some 

 leaves, parallel to the porch, covered with 

 leaves, and then a board put on. A heavy 

 coating of good manureisput all overthe 

 bed and worked into the soil in spring. 

 The board is put thereon because the 

 winter's snow is swept from the porch 

 and then thaws and freezes into ice. Cle- 

 matis montana, which to a certain ex- 

 tent might be likened to a spring bloom- 



