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VASE OP HARDY FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE. 



exceedingly finely cut, and in color may 

 be plain green or deep crimson or varie- 

 gated, and the coloring always is deepest 

 in spring. The t\'pical kind is raised from 

 seed, and the varieties are "worked" or 

 all may be easily raised from layers. The 

 Japanese maples are among the loveliest 

 hardy shrubs we have got, and root well 

 and transplant well; indeed, I never hesi- 

 tate to transplant large specimens in full 

 leaf in summer short distances, providing 



I can carry the full ball of earth and roots 

 and give them a barrel of water after 

 planting them. But while young plants 

 are ver\- beautiful, old specimens take the 

 Japanese "dieback" and whole limbs will 

 die out here and there all among the 

 plants in summer. But don't let this 

 deter you from planting Japanese maples. 

 We can enjoy beauty and refinement 

 undisturbed for a dozen years, may be 

 twenty. W. 



HESPERIS MflTRONflLIS, FL. PL. 



I have written to every American estab- 

 lishment that grows perennials in an at- 

 tempt to secure the above. 1 have single 

 o-es but want the double form. WilWou 

 tell me where I can get the plants, and if 

 this is not possible, can the plants be 

 easily raised from seed? L. B. 



You cannot obtain it from seeds, and we 



