RODGERSIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



fully drooping, while the flowers, of a 

 pale rose colour, are carried in short 

 dense clusters towards the end of the 

 summer. It is a useful addition to the 

 group, hardy, and flo\\ering freely when 

 quite small. This is the only kind found 

 in the western States of America. It 

 does not thrive in heavy cold soils. 



RODGERSIA. — 7?. /^r/^//^;'/A? is a 

 handsome-leaved plant of the Saxifrage 

 family, with bronze-green leaves measuring 



us from China, but some of them are not 

 yet fully tried in gardens. R. pinnata 

 is the best of these, with stems of 

 rosy flowers 3 or 4 ft. high standing 

 boldly above the handsome emerald-green 

 leaves. The leaves are often bronzed 

 or tinged with red, and are divided into 

 separate leaflets arranged in pairs, with 

 an odd one at the tip of the midrib. R. 

 pifinata alba is a distinct wild form, in 

 which the flower panicle is somewhat 



I ft. or more across and cleft into five 

 broad divisions. The inconspicuousflowers 

 are produced on tall branching spikes 

 3 or 4 ft. high, and in eftect like a giant 

 Meadow-sweet. The plant is perfectly 

 hardy, enjoying peaty soil and a shady 

 situation. It is easily propagated by 

 cutting the stoloniferous root-stock, and 

 twenty plants can be obtained from a 

 single root-stock in one year. Japan. 

 Several new kinds have recently come to 



longer, broader, and el cly clus- 



tered. A', cesciilifolia is a very graceful 

 plant, with stems ih to 5 ft. high bearing 

 large heads of pure white flowers, beneath 

 whose weight they arch prettily. The 

 glossy green leaves are very variable in 

 size, but often 18 in. across, and divided 

 like those of a Horse Chestnut. All 

 require the same treatment, and if well 

 grown flower well every second year. 

 Kinds not yet in general cultivation are 



