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GARDENING. 



Sept i, 



guished from the others merely by a red- 

 rish brown disk; H. doronicoides is a 

 small flowered species, //. hirsutus is a 

 low growing form, much resembling H. 

 ilivaricatus only iU has a more hairy 

 stem, and H. sirumosus is downy on the 

 under side of the foliage. 



The flowers of any and all of these are 

 very showy and remain in perfection (or 

 a long time, intermixed with tall grow- 

 ing asters, the autumn flowering aconi- 

 tums or the boltonias. The hardy sun- 

 flowers cannot fail to give satisfaction 

 either in groups, in borders or among the 

 taller spring and summer flowering 

 shrubs. However they should not be 

 allowed to spread out too much, else they 

 would soon monopolize the ground 

 entirely. The roots travel under ground 

 several feet in a year, forming new crowns 

 at their ends and these must be thinned 

 out every spring. If for some reason this 

 is not practicable, transplanting every 

 second year will probably do as well. 



Rochester, N. Y. J. B. Keller. 



GARDEN LILIES. 



The lilv is one of the most important 

 genus of flowering bulbs known to culti- 

 vation. There are hundreds of species 

 which are found in nearly every part of 

 the world, but Japan furnishes most of 

 the finest sorts. Many of the lilies are of 

 the easiest possible culture, while others 

 need a little nursing until they get well 

 established. Many of the lilies remain 

 dormant for a year after planting, and 

 more especially if they are planted in 

 spring. Even many of our choice aura- 

 turns, that were planted last fall, have 

 not appeared as yet, but on looking at 

 the bulbs the other day we found them 

 to be in good shape and no doubt they 

 will stait next spring all right. Thesame 

 can be said of speciosum melpomene and 

 some of the longiflorums, as they too 

 have remained dormant. The following 

 list of lilies, with date of flowering, are 

 among the best varieties we grow. There 

 is a large list to choose from but some 

 are so tender, and others hard to flower 

 that the amateur who wants a display of 

 flowers should cultivate the more hardy 

 sorts, which as a 1 ule grow and flower 

 well. 



The first of our lilies to flower was L. 

 tenuifolium (the coral lily ot Siberia) 

 which is one of the small flowered species 

 but a perfect gem, the flowers drooping, 

 eight to fifteen in number and intense 

 scarlet in color. It grows two feet high 

 and came into flower May 30. It is ol 

 graceful habit and is easily grown. 



L. parvum came into flower lune 3. It 

 grows about two feet high and bears two 

 to six flowers, orange yellow .finely dotted . 

 In habit of growth and flower this variety 

 looks very much like our common cana- 

 densis much improved. 



L. umbellatum first flowered June 8. 

 This is closely allied to the variety elegaus 

 and is of easy culture and sure to bloom 

 There are many varieties of this lily and 

 all are good. It grows two to three feet 

 high, bears four to six flowers which are 

 bright red with black spots; a good lily 

 for the amateur. 



L. monadelphum came into flower |une 

 12. This is a most beautiful lily, growing 

 about four feet high with eight to twelve 

 flowers, the color seems to vary in the 

 flowers as no two of ours were alike, some 

 being dark yellow, others light ytllow, 

 while some were nicely spotted. All are 

 good and should find a place in every 

 collection of lilies. 



L. Haosoni came into flower June 18. 

 This is said to be a very scarce lily and 

 we cannot see why as it grows so freely 



and increases so rapidly that a stock is 

 soon obtained. It grows three feet high 

 bears flowers in loose racemes, six to ten 

 in number, color orange dotted with 

 brown The petals of this lily are very 

 thick and heavy, and have the appear- 

 ance of wax; it is a beautiful lily and is of 

 easy growth. 



L. pardalinum opened its first flowers 

 June 19. It grows about four feet high, 

 and has four to eight flowers, red spotted 

 with black. This is a very showy lily and 

 one that is easily grown. 



L.elegans Alice Wilson came into flower 

 June 20. This is a dwarf form of elegans, 

 growing only about eight inches high and 

 bearing very large flowers for the size of 

 the plant, which gives it an odd appear- 

 ance. The color is yellow and the flower 

 is erect in habit. We haveother varieties 

 of this lily, all being good and of easy 

 culture. 



L. candidum first flowered June 24-. 

 Though this is a common lily, yet it is a 

 beauty when seen at its best. But this 

 year we have condemned it, and intend 

 to clear our garden ol it as the disease is 

 so bad with us we are afraid that it might 

 spr. ad to the other lilies. We have tried 

 to grow it in many ways, and intend to 

 give it another chance, but we will plant 

 it at a distance from the garden and grow 

 it in clean sand with no manure and see 

 how it will behave. 



L. conco/or is another one of these small 

 flowering sorts, the stem being about a 

 foot high. It is of slender growth, but a 

 lovely lily if grown in a mass The flower 

 is crimson with small dots. It came into 

 bloom June 25. 



L. excelsum flowered June 25, and is in 

 every way a beautiful lily. It grows three 

 to four feet high and bears six to twelve 

 flowers which are of a drooping habit and 

 rich buff in color. With us this variety is 

 sometimes troubled with the lily disease, 

 but by spraying it can be kept clean. It 

 is of easy growth and does well in any 

 soil. 



L. Brownii is one of the large flowered 

 sorts and does well with us increasing 

 rapidly. It grows two to three feet high 

 and bears one to four flowers six inches in 

 length, pure white inside, outside choco- 

 late brown It is a lily that all should 

 have as its large trumpet flowers are very 

 conspicuous in the garden. 



L. croceum also came into flower June 

 25, this is a robust and hardy lily, doing 

 well in any situation and grows three to 

 five feet high. The flowers are ten to fif- 

 teen in number, orange crimson dotted 

 with black There is not much difference 

 between this variety and some of the um- 

 bellatums with the exception that it 

 grows a little taller. 



L. Mariagon Dahnaticum Catini opened 

 its first flowers July 2 This is a hand- 

 some and free growing lily attaining a 

 height of six feet; flowers rich velvety 

 purple, ten to twenty in number, and is 

 considered the best variety of the Turk's 

 cap class. 



L. auratum came into flower July 5. 

 The many forms of this lily do not all 

 bloom at once as we have still quite a 

 number to flowerat this writing (August 

 14). Everyone is familiar with the aura- 

 tums and we will only speak of the choice 

 varieties. L. a. Wittei is one of the pure 

 white forms. The flow r ers are not so 

 large as the type, the petals being shorter, 

 but it is in every way a beautiful lily. It 

 came into flower July 18. L. a. pictum 

 does not differ much from the type, the 

 flowers being nicely spotted and the 

 petals tipped crimson. L. a. rubro vitta- 

 tum we consider the most beautiful flower 

 of all the auratum group. Theflowersare 



large, well expanded, pure white, with 

 broad crimson bands up the center of 

 each petal. It seems to be a strong 

 grower, even more so than the type, and 

 should find a place in every garden. 



L. superhum came into flower July 25. 

 Although a common lily it is still one of 

 the showiest we have in the garden. 

 With us it grows about ten (eet high and 

 produces an astonishing number ot flow- 

 ers, which are bright orange red with 

 dark spots. L. tigrinum, both double and 

 single, came into flower the same day as 

 superbum. Grown in a mass the effect is 

 very pleasing. It will thrive in most any 

 soil and grows about four feet high, flow- 

 ers drooping, orange red with black spots; 

 a good lily for rough places. L. Henryi 

 is a new lily but cannot have too much 

 praise as it is a striking and lovely 

 flower. It grows about four feet high, 

 flowers orange yellow, ten to twenty in 

 number. It first flowered July 30. 



L. Leichtlivii came into flower August 

 2. This is a rather slender growing lily 

 but a very beautiful one. It grows about 

 four feet high and hasyellow flowers with 

 black spots. The red form came into 

 flower the same day as the type but it is 

 not so good as the yellow form. L. Wal- 

 lacei grows one to three feet high, flow- 

 ers orange yellow spotted black. It is a 

 free growing lily of easy culture and 

 increases very fast. It came into flower 

 August 2. 



These are only a few of the lilies we have, 

 many others, both common and rare, 

 find a place in our garden as they are one 

 of the plants we love. We also grow a 

 number in pots but they are now past 

 for the season, and so successful have we 

 been with them that we will grow a 

 large number in this way another year. 

 In planting lilies in the garden, the 

 ground should be well prepared for them. 

 Plant about six inches deep, covering the 

 bulbs with clean sand. This keeps them 

 from rotting and they seem to start nicely 

 in the sand. Lilies as a rule like a little 

 shade, that is their roots shaded from the 

 sun's rays. We grow our lilies in beds 

 and borders where other plants are 

 bedded out for the summer and with but 

 few exceptions they flower with us 

 splendidly and increase from year to 

 vear. David Fraser. 



Mahwah, X. 1. 



SOME WORTHY SHRUB-LIKE HERBACEOUS 

 PLANTS. 



There are a few herbaceous plants so 

 shrub-like in their character that many 

 nurserymen catalogue them as shrubs, as 

 purchasers use them in their collections 

 iust as they would true shrubs. 



One of the best known of these is now 

 the well distributed Desmodium penduli- 

 florum, I use the name under which it is 

 generally known, though it is a true 

 lespedeza. Lespedezas are one seeded, 

 while the desmodium legumes are many 

 seeded, a character which readily enables 

 one to determine the genus. Just which 

 species this is, is not agreed on, some 

 calling it Sieboldi, others bicolor. Curi- 

 ously, there is in cultivation a true shrub 

 called Lespedeza bicolor by nurserymen. 

 It is unfortunate that so many desirable 

 Japanese plants have been introduced 

 under improper names, as a name once 

 learned as belonging to a plant is hard 

 to detach from it. This is a slight di- 

 gression from the subject on which I com- 

 menced, but I will return to it now. 



The following are a few of the shrub- 

 like perennials, which add to the value ol 

 collections at this season of the year: 

 Desmodium penduliflorum, Aralia race- 



