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and if sown now will bloom the following 

 summer. In fact so free does it grow 

 from seed that the place where it flowered 

 last year is just one mass of little seed- 

 lings about an inch high. Some of these 

 we will transplant into a prepared bed 

 for next year's flowering, while others 

 will be left to flowei where they are. But 

 we will raise some from seed too, as then 

 we will have the colors separate and 

 know just what we have. 



Gypsophlia Stevenii has larger flowers 

 than 0. paniculata but in other ways it 

 is nearly the same. It is a free flowering 

 plant and its sprays ot small white flow- 

 ers are much sought after as cut flowers. 

 The Spanish irises (I. xipbium) are now 

 at their best and are very beautiful. 

 There are many colors and all are good. 

 By the time these are past the English 

 irises will be in to take their place. Linum 

 campanulatum has yellow flowers and 

 grows about a foot high It is a showy 

 little plant but not very hardy and should 

 have the protection of a frame in winter. 



Some of the verbascums are now in 

 good flower, and though only mulleins 

 we consider them one of the stateliest 

 plants we grow. It is a wonder they are 

 not more grown for they are worthy of a 

 place in every garden. Just look at that 

 picture in Vol 1, page 273, of Gardening, 

 and you will see what beautiful plants 

 they are. Among the varieties we have 

 now in flower V. phlomoides is the show- 

 iest. It grows six to nine feet high and 

 has yellow flowers. V. pannosum grows 

 about six feet high and the yellow flowers 

 are nearly two inches across. V. Chaixii 

 grows four to five feet high and has bright 

 yellow flowers with rose-lilac stamens; 

 a showy plant. V. ovalifolium is a mul- 

 lein lately introduced, but we cannot see 

 anything striking about it. Judging from 

 what we have seen of it it cannot com- 

 pare with any of the other varieties men- 

 tioned. The flowers are yellow, about an 

 inch in diameter, and the plant grows 

 about four feet high. 



Agrostemma coronaria (mullein pink) 

 is a good free flowering plant with bright 

 crimson flowers and woolly silvery 

 foliage. The variety alba has pure white 

 flowers. Both should find a olace in the 

 border as they are well worth a place in 

 every garden. They are best raised from 

 seed every year as when after they flower 

 the most of them die out. Salvia sylves- 

 ttis grows about four feet high and has 

 long spikes of showy purple flowers 

 which are good for cutting. 



Anthericum lihastrum (St. Bernard's 

 lily) has showy spikes of bell-shaped 

 white flowers. It is a pretty little plant 

 and the flowers are fine for cutting. 

 Oenothera fruticosa major forms a dense 

 branched bush with large heads of cup- 

 shaped yellow flowers and lasts the most 

 of the summer. Lychnis chalcedonica is a 

 showy plant when in flower with its 

 heads of scarlet flowers. The single form 

 is not much thought of, but the double 

 one is as good a perennial as any one could 

 grow. L. Haageana hybrida has broad 

 heads of flowers in endless variety of 

 color. It grows about eighteen inches 

 high and is easily raised from seed; in fact 

 it is best treated as an annual. In L. 

 Senno we cannot see any difference from 

 Haageana; the flowers may be a little 

 larger, but in other ways they are just the 

 same; that is if our plants are true. 



Scabiosa caucasica connata is one of 

 the finest perennials we now have in 

 flower. The flowers are quite large, blue 

 and about three inches in diameter. It is 

 one of the best perennial plants for cut- 

 ting and lasts a long time in bloom. 

 Potentillas are beautiful plants, if choice 



named varieties are grown, but in raising 

 them lrom seed very few good ones will 

 be secured. In England these plants are 

 largely grown, and they are well worth a 

 place in every garden, but get the good 

 ones. Campanula glomerata grows about 

 two feet high, the stems terminated by 

 dense clusters of purple flowers; a very 

 showy plant and easily raised from seed. 

 Achillea tomentosa is one of the showiest 

 achilleas in the whole group. It grows 

 only about nine inches high, and has flat 

 heads of bright yellow flowers; it makes 

 a nice edging plant. A. AZgyptiaca has 

 nice exit white silvery foliage of compact 

 growth; the flowers are yellow on stems 

 about fifteen inches high; a good plant to 

 cut from. 



Self sown poppies are now keeping the 

 garden gay. Those sown early this spring 

 won't be in flower for two weeks yet. 

 The pink catchfly (Silene armeria) is now 

 in fine flower from self sowings of last 

 year. This is a beautiful plant and it 

 comes up every year of its own free will, 

 and is so showy one cannot have too 

 much of it; it is loveh'forcutflowerwork. 

 The Boston florists' ten weeks stock is 

 one of the finest stocks we have seen for a 

 longtime. We raised some quite early, 

 planted out in a frame, and in this way 

 we have it at its best about this time. 

 The others in the garden will come in 

 later. 



Among lilies in flower at this writing 

 L. umbellatum is one of the showiest. 

 This grows two to three feet high, the 

 flowers four to six in number, and in 

 color they vary from yellow to red, many 

 of them being spotted. L. monadelphum 

 is a grand lily, but one that is not easy to 

 flower. We have had it in the garden for 

 five years and it has yet to flower while 

 bulbs that were planted last fall are now 

 in bloom. It growsthree to five feet high 

 and has beautiful turban-shaped flowers. 

 The color is yellow and some of the flow- 

 ers are also spjtted, which makes them 

 very attractive; they are also highly 

 scented. In pot grown lilies we now have 

 L. Humboldtii, L. auratum and L. longi- 

 florum The varieties of speciosum and 

 some others in pots are not yet in flower. 



In the bulb Irame we now have a fine 

 show of Gladiolus Colvilli (the Bride). 

 These were planted last December with 

 the other bulbs, and in this way they 

 have done fine; how nice they are for cut- 

 ting. Calocbortusvenustusoculatus,C v. 

 citrinus, C v. resta and C. v. Eldorado, 

 gold blotch, all are lovely. We have 

 flowered a great many this spring and 

 early summer and there are still some 

 more to bloom. 



All the plants mentioned here have 

 come in flower since the first of June. 

 Among others that I have mentioned be- 

 fore, but which are still in good bloom, are 

 the paonies, Viola cornuta, pansies, 

 aquilegias in variety, Salvia argentea, 

 Milium varvum, L. tenuifolium, Allium 

 Afoly, German irises and many other 

 plants. I have not said anything about 

 the roses, but as they are not at their 

 best yet we will wait for a day or two 

 and make notes of the best, as there are 

 so many ot them so near alike it is hard 

 to say just which is the best. 



Mahwah, N.J. David Fraser. 



PYRETflRUM ROSEUM FL. PL. 

 [see page 309 ] 

 According to the classification in use in 

 this country the genus pyrethrum is in- 

 cluded in chrysanthemum. 



This species is from the Orient. It 

 grows from one to two feet high and is 

 quite hardy but of slow growth. The 

 habit of the plant is particularly neat 



and pretty; the feathery leaves have ele- 

 gantly cut segments and the large long- 

 stemmed heads, two and a half-inches 

 across, are beautifully regular. The 

 pointed rays in this variety are a pale 

 pink and the equally long disk florets are 

 the same tint with a faint tinge of yellow 

 lingering on some of the central ones. 

 There is also a white flowered variety. 



This plant is deserving of more general 

 cultivation in gardens as it has few supe- 

 riors in elegance of foliage and flower and 

 its hardiness is beyond question. H. 



SEEDS TO SOW IN SUMMER. 



At this season of the year when there is 

 not much to do in the flower garden, 

 except to keep it clean and tidy, it is well 

 to look forward to another year and get 

 up a stock of hardy plants from seed now, 

 which will give an abundance of bloom 

 next summer. 



The first of the hardy plants to bloom 

 in the spring is the daisy (Bellis perennis). 

 Though a common flower it has been one 

 of the showiest we have had in the gar- 

 den. The plants were set out in March 

 just as soon as the ground was workable. 

 They began to bloom right away and at 

 this writing, June 18th, they are still in 

 good flower and will last till the end of 

 the month. The} - are better for the pro- 

 tection of a cold frame and are easy to 

 keep over in this way. They should not 

 be sown till about August 15, as they 

 grow so fast. If planted earlier they will 

 be too large to winter over. The best 

 varieties are Longfellow, rose colored; 

 and Snowball, white. 



After these come the forget-me-nots. 

 These too are the better for the protection 

 of a cold frame, though they are quite 

 hardy and will stand out all winter. 

 When once planted in the garden they 

 will seed themselves and come up freely. 

 They can be sown now and planted out 

 where they are to flower or put in a cold- 

 frame. The best varieties are Victoria, 

 palustris, and the ever-blooming one, 

 semperSorens. The last named blooms 

 the most of the summer and is a good 

 edging plant. 



Arabis alpina comes in flower very 

 early and is one of the finest spring flow- 

 ering plants there are. The flowers are 

 white and it can be associated with spring 

 flowering bulbs to advantage. It is 

 easily raised from seed and if sown now 

 will bloom next spring. 



Alyssum saxatile compactum yields a 

 mass of golden yellow flowers, and like 

 the arabis can be used with the spring 

 flowering bulbs either for an edging or 

 planted in a mass, allowing the bulbs to 

 come up all through it; the effect will be 

 very pleasing. Sow it now. 



The sweet william, though an old-fash- 

 ioned flower, is still one of the best free 

 flowering plants, and at this writing it is 

 in a blaze of bloom. Some do not like it 

 as a cut flower, but when associated with 

 others of a more graceful nature they are 

 useful. There are many dirty colors 

 among them, especially among the mixed 

 ones, and it is best to get each color sep- 

 . arate. The best are the dark crimson, 

 doublewhite and the auricula-eyed. They 

 should be sown now and should be planted 

 out in a prepared bed where no water 

 will stand in winter. In early spring 

 they should be planted where they are to 

 flower. They are quite hardy with light 

 protection. The best covering is one of 

 evergreen branches. 



The foxgloves are easy to raise from 

 seed, and we think they are the most 

 beautiful plants that one can have. Their 

 tall spikes of flowers in various colors are 

 pleasing to the eye, and they are seen at 



