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GARDENING. 



June l , 



trying to flower a lot of them now, but I 

 do not yet know whether it will be a suc- 

 cess) and gladiolus, but will speak of 

 them later as they come along. 



Among herbaceous plants in bloom 

 the single pseonies are quite conspicuous. 

 They begin to flower about tw o to three 

 weeks before the herbaceous double ones. 

 There is a beauty about these flowers 

 which is not seen in the double ones, and 

 in some oi the varieties the foliage is quite 

 handsome. The only thing against them 

 is thev last such a short time in flower. 



a lot of this from seed last summer and 

 the little plants have flowered nicely. 



The Doronicum austriacum (dog bane) 

 produces in early spring lovely yellow 

 marguerite-like flowers on long stems, 

 much valued for cutting. It is a choice 

 plant for the frort of the border and is 

 quite hardy. Anemone sylvestris (snow- 

 drop anemone) is a beautiful little plant, 

 very free flowering, and has snow white 

 cup-shaped flowers. Trollius asiaticus 

 (Globe flower) is one of the showiest little 

 plants we have in flower; its yellow 



THE EVERLASTING PEA IN THE WILD GARDEN. 



The tree or Moutan peonies are also in 

 flower. These are very slow growing 

 plants but should be in every garden; 

 their large double flowers are fine for cut- 

 ting. They are not so hardy as the her- 

 baceous ones, but with us they winter 

 well without protection. Primula Sie- 

 holdii is one of the nicest primroses we 

 have in the garden. This variety is her- 

 baceous, losing its leaves in autumn and 

 winter when it goes to rest, coming up 

 early in spring again, and begins to 

 bloom about the end of April. It lasts a 

 long time in flower and they possess a 

 great diversity of color; the petals of 

 some are beautifully fringed. It is of 

 easy culture and should find a place in all 

 herbaceous gardens. Iberis sempervirens 

 lias not done so well this spring, the 

 young wood being nearly all winter 

 killed, still there are a few flowers and 

 bow nice they are for cutting. We raised 



globular flowers are very conspicuous 

 and when grown in a clump it is seen at 

 its best. Iberis Pruiti is a very dwarf 

 plant with white flowers, a good edging 

 plant, but not so showy as /. sempervirens. 

 Cypripedium pubescens is now in good 

 bloom. Although a native and found in 

 some parts of the woods here, a few 

 plants in the garden don't go amiss. Its 

 flowers are yellow spotted brown. 



Armcria maritima (cushion pink) is a 

 little tufted plant which has small pink- 

 ish flowers on long stems, a good plant 

 for the edge of the border. Aquilegia 

 chrysantha alba is a lovely white colum- 

 bine. The flowers are large and pure 

 white which makes it a good cut flower. 

 .1 c<uriilea is also in flower; a lot of it 

 raised from seed last summer has all 

 come true so far, which is not often tin- 

 case with this variety; in a few days we 

 will have a line show of them as all tin- 



varieties are showing well. The German 

 irises are now beginning to make a show. 

 The first one to flower was Prince of 

 Wales. This is a lovely variety with large 

 pure white flowers. Some others are in 

 flower but it will be a week before there 

 is much of a show. 



Linum perenne (perennial flax) is a free 

 flowering plant and has blue flowers; the 

 growth of the plant is graceful and it is 

 in e\eryway a good border plant. The 

 hybrids of Verbascnm phoeniceum are 

 beautiful little mulleins. They grow only 

 a foot to eighteen inches high, and the 

 little spikes of flowers, in great variety of 

 color, are real pretty. Unlike the other 

 mulleins they have to be planted quite 

 close to have the best effect. All the mul- 

 leins are good and well worth a place in 

 the garden. We are to flower two new 

 ones this s.immer: V. Weidemanneanurn 

 and orolifolium, the blue mullein. Dicen- 

 tra spectabilis is now in good flower. 

 This is an old fashioned plant, but still 

 one of the best for early spring. Lychnis 

 viscaria fl. pi. ( Ragged Robin) is a choice 

 iree flowering plant and lasts a long time 

 in flower. It is very showy and one of the 

 best plants we have for cutting, in fact 

 too much of it cannot be grown. It has 

 long dense-flowered spikes of rose red 

 flowers, very double and highly fragrant; 

 a good plant for amateurs to grow and 

 one that is sure to please. 



Papaver atlanticum is a showy single 

 poppy in much the same style of growth 

 as nudicaule. In a few days we will 

 have a good show of poppies as our 

 plants are in fine shape and showing well. 

 P.alpinum and its variety album, likewise 

 nudicaule are still in good flower. 

 Lunaria annua has been in flower for 

 some time and is a good plant to grow in 

 the shade or open but it is not what you 

 would call handsome. A clump of Alpine 

 strawberries in the border is very show}'. 

 Unlike the other strawberries it sends its 

 flowers well above the foliage; these are 

 worth a place in the garden for their 

 flowers alone; the small fruit is also very 

 nice. Viola cornuta, blue and white, are 

 now in lull flower; they are extremely 

 show}' and very free flowering, carrying 

 their flowers well above the foliage on 

 slender stems, which makes them very 

 uselul for cutting. 



Daphne Mczereon is a small dwarf 

 shrub generally grown in the herbaceous 

 border. It flowers early in spring, color 

 red, and the plants when in flower are 

 quite showy. Lcophyllum buxifolium 

 (sand myrtle) is another small shrub, not 

 unlike the daphne. The flowers come in 

 clusters and are white and pink. The 

 pansies, (orget-me-nots and daisies are 

 now in all their glory, and as spring bed- 

 ding plants, though common, arc much 

 thought of. They are so free flowering 

 that we could not get along without 

 them. 



Among shrubs in bloom the lilacs in 

 great variety are quite conspicuous. No 

 wonder these shrubs are so popular, for 

 some of the finer varieties are truly beau- 

 tiful. Pyrus japonica (Japan quince) has 

 been very showy of late but is now about 

 past. Bxochorda grandiflora is now in 

 nne flower; it is of a free flowering nature 

 and the bushes are a mass of white. 

 This is a good shrub to cut from; the 

 flowers are white and quite large. Her- 

 berts vulgaris is not a showy shrub when 

 in flower, but it is so extremely fragrant 

 that in the evenings it scents up the whole 

 garden. Primus sinensis alba plena and 

 the variety rosea have been a mass of 

 flowers lately but are now .-11)0111 past. 

 These are the dwarf almonds and are well 

 worth a place in the garden, I'm- when in 



