SUBURBAN GARDENING. 805 
the most exquisite of all being the Japanese sort, Iris Kempferi, which 
thrives and blooms best if planted in sandy peat. It is necessary to beay 
this in mind, as this Iris does not bloom freely in all soils. 
The plants on which, next to bulbs, we mainly rely for the decora. 
tion of the garden in the spring must of course be planted at once. I 
have already alluded to them incidentally, and I will merely, as a 
reminder, mention such ag may be relied on to assist in producing an 
effect which I am glad to say is yearly becoming more common—a 
garden gay with bright flowers during some of the early months :— 
Alyssum saxatile, Arabis albida, the variegated form of same, Aubrietia 
Greeca and grandiflora, Alpine Auriculas, Cheiranthus alpinus, Daisies, 
(white, pink, red, and crimson,) Dielytra, Forget-me-not, Hepaticas, 
(particularly H. angulosa,) perennial Candytuft, Pansies, Polyanthuses, 
Primroses, (double and single,) Silene pendula, Veronica incana, Violets, 
Violas, and Wallflowers. To these many others might easily be added, 
but from this list enough may be selected for most small gardens. I 
will not pass from this subject without recommending any who may 
wish to know more about spring gardening to buy a little book, (published 
at the “Journal of Horticulture” Office, in London,) by Mr. John 
Fleming, the famous gardener at Cliveden, the title of which is “ Spring 
and Winter Flower Gardening.” Its price is half-a-crown. 
Roses should be planted now in preference to spring; first, because 
deciduous trees are best transplanted while in a state of rest, and 
especially just after the leaves have fallen; and, secondly, because in 
purchasing plants from the nurserymen the best plants can be obtained 
early in the season. Roses should be planted in rich, deep soil, heavily 
manured, inclining to stiffness naturally, or made so by the addition of 
marl. Standard roses are often preferred, but they are shorter lived 
than dwarfs budded low on Manetti or seedling briar stocks, or grown on 
their own roots. Roses on the Manetti will thrive in lighter soils than 
those on the briar; but they must be so planted that the point of 
junction between stock and scion is a couple of inches below the surface 
of the soil. It is therefore necessary to know whether the plants are on 
the Manetti or not, as failure to attend to the foregoing direction will be 
injurious to the plants. 
All kinds of hardy herbaceous plants may now be planted. Of these 
I will only mention two kinds, which are not so well known as they deserve 
tobe. Pyrethrums are some of the flowers in which the florist has worked 
the most wonderful improvement during recent years. They are cheap 
and perfectly hardy, and the best forms are very double. Their colours 
are most varied, for we have whites, lilacs, pinks, reds, crimsons, and 
purples of various shades. The flowers are early, plentiful, and most 
enduring. For a lasting, useful autumn flower nothing is better than Ane- 
mone Honorine Jobert. It is tallin growth, and yields a profusion of large 
white flowers, most valuable for cutting. Itis very hardy and easy of culti- 
vation. This and the Pyrethrums should be planted at once in good soil, 
and plenty of room allowed for the proper development of the plants, for 
the finer they are the better they will bloom. 
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