NoTembor 26, 1868. ] 



JODRNAL OP HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GABiDENER. 



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Jacquin, Senatear Vaisse, Prince Camille de Rohan, Marie 



Portemer, MaJame ViJot, Madame Luffny, Jnles Margottin, 

 Madame Bill, Mmiamo Cliarlcs Crarflet, Victor Verdier, 

 Monthly China, Mtidame Purtado, D'A-^aesaeau, Glory of 

 France, Triomphe de Janasens, Chou6dol(5, GenSral Jacquemi- 

 not, Fiilgens, Coupe d'llebfi, Paul Hioaut, Persian Yellow, 

 Lajlia, Comtesse Cecile do Cliabrillant, La Reine (opened lirBt- 

 rate with us this eeason). Madame de CambacCr&s, William 

 Jesse, Dr. Ruschpler, Acidalio (a tine white Rise but rather 

 shy-flowerinj; ; it requires to be kept stopped to mSke it branch 

 and bloom), Uevoniensis, Madame Willerraoz, Niphetos. Isabella 

 Grey, Limarque, Triomphe de Rennes, Souvenir de Malmaison, 

 Celine Forrestier, Gloire de Dijon, Solfaterre, America, Rev. 

 H. Dombrain, John Hopper, William Paul ; and of Moss Roses, 

 the Common, Cramoisie, and Laneii. Besides the preceding 

 there are many others too numerous to mention. 



Between each two Roses we plant such plants as Japanese 

 and other Honeysuckles, Loasas, Tropieolums, Can iry Creeper, 

 Convolvnluses, and other tall-growing plants calculated to 

 make a display in this department. The Hollyhocks with us, 

 considering the season, have been remarkably fine. 



Herbaceous plants have made ample compensation for our 

 care. Many of this fine race of plants deserve far more ex- 

 tensive cultivation than they are at present receiving. I trust 

 ere long to see them better cared for. I only intend to mention 

 a few which have done us good service during the present 

 year. There are among them some very interesting plants 

 — for instance, Morena persica, Aconitum Tersicolor and au- 

 tnmnale, Thalictrum aquilegifolium. Aster dnmosua. Campa- 

 nula Van Houttei, or, as some call it, Verschaflelti, Ammobium 

 alatum, Cht-lon-i barbata, Dictamnus ruber and albua, the Del- 

 phiniums (all fine border plants), DodiCiifajons, Eohinops, 

 Epilobiums, Eryngiuuis, Lathyrus, Linarias, Primulas, Vera- 

 trums. Yuccas, Antirrhinums, Brompton Stocks, Gynerium 

 argenteum, and other ornamental Grasses, Astelma lanatum, 

 Tritomas, Alstrcemorias, Gentians, Aubrietias, Sedums, and 

 Saxifrages. 



Among annuals we have many very desirable plants for 

 border decoration. African and French Marigolds have been 

 very fine with us during the past season. China and other 

 Asters have been of first-rate quality, not quite so large as in 

 more favourable seasons, but really good. Stocks of various 

 kinds have flowered well, and at the present time many of 

 them are very fine indeed. Callirhoe pedata and others have 

 been very beautiful. Double and single Zinnias have flowered 

 well ; they deserve more extensive cultivation. 



Amaranthuses of various kinds hive made a fine display, 

 many of the Silenes, as Silene compacta, rubella, pendula, and 

 Schafti, have been very fine. Arctotis breviscapa, a Gazania- 

 like plant is a very fine flower ; to bloom freely it should have 

 poor soil. Veronica syriaca, a little gem, is of very dwarf 

 habit, and now, from self-sown seed, is blooming freely. It 

 BUcceeds well on rockwork, or in the border, and likes a shaded 

 situation. Visoaria ooulata, splendens, and others have flowered 

 well ; Schizanthus pinnatus and others have likewise been very 

 fine ; they require a little care in keeping them tied-up or well 

 stopped, otherwise they sulifer from wind. Whitlavia grandi- 

 fiora, a fine, dwarf, border plant, succeeds well in most situa- 

 tions. Sanvitalia procumbens and its double variety are very 

 desirable, being of neat dwarf habit ; the latter is well adapted 

 for dwarf edgings. Acroclinium roseum and others have 

 succeeded well this season. Salpiglossis atrococoinea, nana, 

 and nana cosrulea are fine for borders, and have made an ex- 

 cellent display; they grow well in a moderately dry situation. 

 Phlox Drummondi in named varieties has been fine with us. 

 Eadowitzi, Empress Eugenie, and Black Warrior are the best; 

 they make a first-rate bed. Petunia phcenicea answers well as 

 an annual, either raised in pots or sown where it is intended 

 to remain. Pedis angustifolia is a diminutive little fellow, 

 but very pretty ; it succeeds well at the base of the rockery or 

 in a moderately dry border : it is rather subject to damp-off. 

 Nolana atriplicifolia and paradoxa have been fine with us and 

 flower a long time. 



ffinothera Lamarckiana is a noble border plant, often attain- 

 ing 4 feet in height, with large pale yellow blooms. It flourishes 

 in most places. This plant ought to be more grown. (Eno- 

 thera bistorta Veitchii, a very beautiful little plant, is tolerably 

 well adapted for forming dwarf edgings ; it is bright yellow 

 and very showy. Nigella hispanica, a singular-looking plant, 

 has been very fine during the summer. It has grown well in 

 all places. Nemophilas, of various kinds, have been good with 

 US. Lavatera trimeatris, with large pink fiowers, is a splendid 



annual for borders. It is very distinct and beautiful, aad groM 

 well in any soil. Kaalfuaaia amelloides is a very dv^arf-growiag 

 plant, makes a neat ed^jing, but is not of very long dnrntk*. 

 fjupinus nanus has flowered well this season ; Atrococcineas 

 is a splendid plant for borders, so is hybridus Dunnetti, bit- 

 sutus, albo-eoccineus, roseus, and mutabilis versicolor. We 

 have during the past season had plants of the last-named 5 feet 

 in height, and its variously-coloured flowers have been .tdmired 

 by all who have seen them; it is certainly one of the fibest 

 Lupines I have met with. 



Linum grandillorum stands high in my eBtimation both for 

 beds and borders. Loasa aurantiaca and Herberti mabe fin© 

 border plants raised in frames, hardenedotif, and plusted in 

 the borders. They are very attractive on account of tbeir 

 curious-formed flowers, but are rather unpleasant to handle. 

 Loasa lateritia is very pretty, but virulent to handle, X»-pto- 

 siphon densifljrus and aureus, are beautiful flowers ; they will 

 do for beds or borders. The Ipom.Tsas are a splendid luee ol 

 summer-flowering plants ; raise them in pots, plant tbem 

 where wanted, give them a support, and they requiro little 

 more care. Their diversity of colour has a charming eSeet, 

 either when they are mixed or grown separately. 



The many varieties of Helichrysum are very useful, both for 

 beds and borders ; they have been very fine, and many of them 

 are still B). They, as well as other Everlastings, aye nsefol 

 plants to cut for winter decoration. The Gilias are nsefnl, and 

 have done well this season. Godetia bifrons and l-indleyana, 

 are good border flowers. Gypsophila elegans is a graceful little 

 plant. Dianthus Heddewigi, D. laciniatus, and 1>. deotftttis, 

 have made a fine display during the summer, continniiga long 

 time in bloom. Clarkia grandiflora, Clarkia pulchelio inlogri- 

 petala, and pulchella alba and plena, have been good. Arte- 

 misia annua is a tall-growing, graceful plant, by some persons 

 considered rather desirable on account of its scent. Tbongh of 

 no great beauty, it is useful for bouquets. Aster tencllns, a 

 pretty annual, has been much finer during the autumn than it 

 was in the hot summer. Athanasia annua is a useful plant 

 for either beds or borders ; it continues in flower a long time, 

 is very showy, and seems to succeed well in all places. Caian- 

 drinia umbellata is a little gem too little known ; it has done 

 well with us this season. Bartonia aurea, as a border plant, 

 has been fine with us all the season. Coreopsis tinctoijs, and 

 other kinds, are a beautiful tribe ; their diversity and licbness 

 of colour command general admiration. Calendula Pongei, and 

 its double variety, are very desirable, and have been verj goofl. 



Alonsoa grandiflora, and others, succeed well as annimls. 

 Linaria bipartita, and bipartita splendida, are very sbowy, and 

 flourish in most situations. ,Sedum caeruleum has been very 

 fine as a border plant; it likes a rather shady situation. Salvia 

 horminnm purpurea and rubra have done us good service, their 

 red and purple tinges have some attraction at a distance. Cen- 

 taurea cyanus is a very desirable plant as an annna). Cen- 

 taurea moschata, and moschata alba, have made a fine show, 

 Brachycome iberidifolia has done well in beds and borders ; it 

 can either be raised in pots, or sown where it is inttnded to 

 remain ; when well selected it is of a fine blue. 



The imported German Larkspurs have been remarSably fine. 

 I have often experienced some difficulty in keeping them after 

 they come up ; the slugs are very partial to them. 1 find it 

 good practice to sow in pots, set these on ashes, and when the 

 plants become strong to plant out. Adonis sestivalis 33 very 

 fine, but of short duration. Atriplex hortensis rubra, a taU- 

 growing red-leaved plant, is a conspicuous object at a dis- 

 tance ; it has been very fine. Lord Anson's Pea, Lathyms 

 magellanicuB, is a beautiful border plant, and deserves Jar more 

 extensive cultivation. Corydalis glauca (sempervirens of some) 

 is very handsome and hardy. I have sometimes seen it stand 

 through the winter, and flower very early in the spring ; it is 

 then very fine. 



Mesembryanthemum tricolor and glaucum have beei) rery 

 fine, the hot summer being all in their favour. Heleninm 

 Douglasii has been fine ; this makes a good display early in 

 spring when sown in autumn and kept through the winter. 

 Hibiscus africanus has been good with us this season. Caealia 

 coccinea is a very fine border annual. Eutoea viseido has done 

 better with us this season than I ever remember. I have fcen 

 it go oft all at once as if struck with some disease. Centran- 

 thus macrosiphon is a good useful annual. 



One of the best annuals we have is Saponaria ealabrics. We 



have sometimes used it for bedding, and very fine it has been; 



it has played a very conspicuous part in the border at all times. 



I Malope grandiflora is a fine border plant, and contiuueejiongBi 



