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GARDENING. 



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I imported this rudbeckia last spring, 

 and though it was insufficiently estab- 

 lished to show its full worth, it neverthe- 

 less gave a goodly display of flowers and 

 will doubtless show its true character 

 this season. There is therefore no incon- 

 sistency in the matter, but Golden Glow 

 and Autumn Glory are two distinct rud- 

 beckias one having double and the other 

 single flowers. A. Herrington. 



New Jersey. 



HERBACEOUS PLANT NOTES. 



In addition to the plants named in the 

 last issue as being suitable for moist situ- 

 ations, we have many others of equal 

 importance for the same purpose. 



Thalictrum aquilegi folium grows very 

 tall under such conditions; but its panicles 

 are here of an immense size and when 

 planted among some strong erect growing 

 grasses or other stout plants, which 

 afford them a slight 'support, the wind 

 does not bn ak them down or bend them 

 over. Hibiscus, rose colored and white, 

 are both very free bloomers and should 

 always be planted in moist ground; here 

 the hot August sun has no ill effect on the 

 flowers as in a dry border. Tradescantia 

 Virginica has not very prominent flowers, 

 though they are pretty on close examina- 

 tion, but with its long arching foliage it is 

 very att-active when used in the right 

 place. Hemerocallisin all sorts, especially 

 those with banded foliage, may also find 

 a place among the other things. Nearly 

 all of our polygonums delight in plenty 

 of moisture, where their foliage is stiffer 

 and of a richer color. The Japan irises 

 do better here than in any other situation 

 and give us a great variety of shades and 

 color. I. pseudo-acorus, var. perfects 

 broader sword-like leaves near the water 

 and the common I. Gladwyn found wild 

 in English meadows, has ornamental 

 seeds which last on the stall-s until fall. 

 Ly thrums are well worth growing in such 

 places and the chelones love to send the 

 tips of their roots into the water; the flow- 

 ers of the white form of C. obliqua and of 

 C.Lyovi axe especially conspicuous among 

 them. Astilbe rivularis and A. Tbunbergii 

 have longer racemes of flowers in wet 

 ground than in the ordinary soil of the 

 garden. Asclepias incarnata is quite at 

 home here and showy while the flowers 

 last. The cimicifugas are grand with 

 their long tapering spikes which they 

 send up in masses when once well 

 established. Mooarda didyma furnishes 

 bright color in the hot months and should 

 be planted largely. Several of the saxi- 

 fragas may also find a place here and 

 Eupatorium purpureum. though an 

 ordinary native plant will be found very 

 attractive and desirable in many ways. 



Many of the veronicas will succeed far 

 better and bloom lor a longer time where 

 they have the benefit of constant moist- 

 ure" The corydalis is a spring bloomer 

 with pretty flowers and elegant foliage, 

 the species affording various shades of 

 yellow, and in C. solida we have purple 

 "flowers. Pyrcthrum uliginosum will fur- 

 nish a perfect mass of white daisy-like 

 flowers towards fall. Boltonias and 

 many of our native asters are also very 

 suitable autumn bloomers, and helian- 

 thuses in variety should not be left out. 

 Lysimachia cleihroides blooms freely in 

 August and September, the white flowers 

 being very effective; it forms an erect 

 symmetrical bush about 3 feet high. 

 Achillea ptarmica plena will be found to 

 succeed admirably, and a few ofthespring 

 flowering anemones, like A. rivularis, 

 white; A. Apennina blue; A. sylvestris, 

 white, should find a place in partially 

 Shaded nooks formed by taller growing 



CANNA MLLE. BERAT. 



plants. The bold foliage of heracleums is 

 magnificent when we can find a suitable 

 sheltered position for them, as strong 

 winds are apt to destroy their beauty. 

 H. eminens, with glaucous leaves is 

 harder in this respect, and not likely to be 

 injured by either rain or wind. This 

 plant is further recommendable because 

 the foliage does not show any signs 

 of decay until late in autumn, while 

 other species are likely to drop the bot- 

 tom leaves quite early. Podophyllum 

 Emodi is far superior in many respects to 

 our native P. peltatum; the fruit is 

 brighter colored and the foliage more 

 lasting. Gillenia trifoliata acts very much 

 like the spiraeas and does remarkably well 

 where water is near. Erigeron aurantia- 

 cus often refuses to grow in ordinary gar- 

 den soil, but here we generally see them 

 in perfection, especially when partly 

 shaded from the sun at mid-day. 



J. B. Keller. 



CflNNA MLLE. BERAT. 



This is one of Crozy's introductions of 

 1896, and noteworthy because of the 

 pleasing soft shade of rosy carmine which 

 is characteristic of the flowers, approach- 



ing pure pink more closely than any 

 other variety. The plant is about four 

 feet high, with bright green leaves of 

 good proportions. The flowers are large, 

 petals rounded, trusses of good size and 

 very compact. 



The Greenhouse. 



NOTES. 



The Streptosolen Jamesoni is one of the 

 showiest plants we have in bloom in the 

 greenhouse at the present time. It is a 

 " shrubb}' member of the solanum family, 

 with drooping panicles of orange flowers 

 and closely allied to the annual bro wallias. 

 It may be quite easily raised from cut- 

 tings, and if given plenty of room, it will 

 make a large bush in a single season. The 

 plants are better to handle in pots, for 

 when large they are with difficulty estab- 

 lished in the autumn, Cuttings shifted 

 along into 6-inch pots make fine single 

 stemmed plants for winter decoration. 

 These may afterwards be grown into 

 standards. If this be the object they 

 should be grown through another sum- 



