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AMERICAN COWSLIP: (Dodecalheon Media.) 



PLANTS IN BLOOM JUNE 1. 



The German irises are now at their best 

 and what a show they do make in the 

 garden. They are among the easiest 

 plants to grow and are sure to bloom. 

 We have them in great variety and aie 

 very fond of them. Coming as they do 

 the latter part of May and lasting till 

 about the end of June, they take the place 

 of the spring flowering bulbs and help to 

 keep the garden gay till the summer bed 

 ding plants are in flower. The oriental 

 poppies are also at their best, their big 

 glowing scarlet flowers making them 

 quite conspicuous. We raised a lot ol 

 these trom seed last summer and they are 

 now fine big plants and flowering nicely. 

 There is nothing in their season that 

 attracts more attention in the garden 

 than these big poppies, but they are of 

 little use for cutting, unless they are cut 

 before they are full}' open and especially 

 before the anthers burst. The variety 

 Royal Scarlet has dark crimson flowers 

 and is in every way a beautiful poppy. 



The aquilegias are now in all their 

 glory. A lot of seedlings in the reserve 

 garden, from last summer's sowing, are 

 now giving us flowers in abundance. 

 Among the varieties were chrysantha 

 and its variety alba. This is one of the 

 most beautiful columbines we have, and 

 its long clean flower stems and large yel- 

 low flowers make it very useful for cut- 

 ting. Alba is of the purest white. They 

 grow about two feet high. A. vulgaris 

 and its variety alba are among the com- 

 monest of the columbines, but still they 

 are beautiful and should be in every gar- 

 den. The double form we do not like so 

 well as the single. There are all colors 

 among them. A. Skinnerii'is not so showy 

 as some of the others, the flowers being 

 smaller. In color there are green and 

 yellow; the spurs are about two inches 

 long and are orange red. It comes in 



flower a little later than the others. .4. 

 cxrulea is flowering well. We raised this 

 from seed also and every one came true; 

 we do not havea poorfloweriu the whole 

 lot, which is not often the case with this 

 variety. A. Jaetschani resembles A. Skin- 

 nerii but grows a little taller. In A. 

 hybrida we have all colors, some of them 

 being very fine. The amateur who wants 

 only a limited number of plants should 

 sow a few seeds of these now; the}' will 

 make fine flowering plants by next sum- 

 mer, and will last a long time in flower. 



Another fine and showy plant in bloom 

 is Eremurus robustus. This is said to 

 grow nine to ten feet high, but with us it 

 has never attained that size, the spikes on 

 our plants being a little over six feet high. 

 It proves quite hardy and begins to grow 

 so earl}' in spring that it is often injured 

 by late frosts, but it is a plant that all 

 lovers of odd and beautiful flowers should 

 have; it is quite rare in this country, 

 but can be had. The flowers are carried 

 on a tall stem which should have a stake, 

 to insure against being broken by the 

 winds. They should be planted in early 

 fall in a well drained situation and will 

 well repay any extra care that may be 

 given them. 



Allium Aloly has bright yellow flowers 

 in umbels and is very showy when grown 

 in a mass. It grows about a foot high and 

 lasls for quite a while in flower. Hemer- 

 ocallis flava (yellow day lily) is now in 

 good flower. It is a showy border plant 

 and has clusters of bright yellow fra- 

 grant flowers. H. Dumortierii is a 

 dwarfer growing variety with yellow 

 flowers, browa tinted on the outside. 

 Both these plants are easy to grow and 

 long lived, only requiring to be lifted and 

 divided ever}' three or four years; they 

 like good soil to grow in. 



Polemonium casruleum and the variety 

 alba are now in good flower. It has 

 showy tufted foliage and terminal spikes 



of deep blue flowers. The variety alba 

 has pure white flowers. It grows about 

 two feet high and makes a good border 

 plant. 



Veronica rupestris is a dwarf growing 

 spreading plant, well suited for the edg- 

 ing of borders. It flowers very freely, in 

 fact the plants when in flower are com- 

 pletely hidc'en by clouds of bright blue 

 flowers. V. amethystina is the finest of 

 the early flowering sorts. The plant is 

 compact and is covered with spikes of 

 bright blue flowers. A showy plant and 

 will grow most anywhere. 



Heuchera sanguinea is a showy free 

 flowering plant, the flowers borne in long 

 stemmed panicles and of the most intense 

 scarlet. It is a fine plant to cut from and 

 should be grown largely. Lupinus poly- 

 phyllus, blue and white, make a good 

 showing, their towering spikes of blue 

 pea-shaped flowers being very effective in 

 the border. The variety alba is also 

 extremely showy. 



Dictamnus albus (Fraxinella) and its 

 varieties are exceedingly fine border 

 plants. The foliage is handsome and 

 looks well the whole season. The long 

 spikes of flowers last a long time in 

 bloom. This plant should find a place in 

 every herbaceous border. It is one of the 

 easiest to grow. 



- Agrostemma flos-Jovis is a very free 

 flowering plant with deep pink flowers 

 that form quite a contrast with the 

 silvery foliage. It grows about a foot 

 high, and as a cut flower it is indispensa- 

 ble; it lasts a long time in flower. Hesperis 

 matronalis is a vigorous growing plant 

 forming a stout broad bush-like plant 

 with showy terminal spikes of pink flow- 

 ers, very free flowering and fine for cut- 

 ting. Lychnis floscucculi 3. pi. is a very 

 attractive free flowering plant with 

 double white and pink flowers, is very 

 useful for cutting, and lasts a lonly time 

 in bloom. The variety plenissima semper- 



