Some Herbaceous Perennials Worth Growing' 



TH E following notes on herbaceous 

 perennials are made upon plants 

 growing at the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa : There are some 

 very desirable herbaceous perennials 

 which are new or not well known in this 

 country. A very desirable plant is the 

 wild monk's-hood (Aconitum uncina- 

 tum: Syn. A. Voluhile). This monk's- 

 hood is more or less climbing in its 

 habit of growth and reaches a height of 

 five to six feet. The flowers are violet 

 in color and quite attractive. It blooms 

 at Ottawa from late in July to late in 

 September. Another plant belonging to 

 the Campanulaceae of graceful habit and 

 attractive flowers is the gland bellflower 

 (Adenophora Potanini). It is a native 

 of Turkestan, grows to a height of two 

 to three and one-half feet, and blooms 

 at Ottawa from late in July to late in 

 -September. The flowers are pale, blu- 

 ish violet suffused with white. The hardy 

 m.Trguerites, or Shasta daisies, as they 

 are sometimes called, are very desirable 

 plants, both for effect outdoors and for 

 cutting. New varieties are being intro- 

 duced from year to year. Among the 

 most desirable tested at Ottawa are 

 Chrysanthemum lacustre Top Sawyer; 

 C maximum elegans ; C. maximum 

 Duchess of Abercorn ; C. maximum 

 splendens. These have flowers much 

 resembling the ox-eye daisy but much 

 larger, some of the flowers being three 

 inches or more across. -They bloom 

 from July to October. 



The autumn blooming Heleniums are 

 well known, but those which bloom in 

 early summer are not so well known. 

 One of the finest plants of recent intro- 

 duction is Helenium Bolanderi Golden 

 Queen. It grows two feet high and 

 blooms from early in July to near the 

 middle of October. The flower is deep 

 golden yellow with a dark centre. 

 Helenium Honpesii is another American 

 species blooming in June which is not 

 well known but which is a very desirable 

 perennial. The flowers are orange yel- 

 low. 



The Hemerocallis or day lily is a very 

 popular old-fashioned flower, and few 

 of the newer varieties are belter than 

 the common Hemerocallis flava, but for 

 variety and length of blooming season 

 some others should be planted. Among 

 those of comparatively recent Intro- 

 duction is H. auranfiaca major 

 reported last year. One of the finest of 

 the newer varieties is one of American 

 origin called ["lorham, with a large 

 golden yellow flower. Some of the best 

 of recent introduction in Great Britain 



•Extract from the report of the novelty oom- 

 mittpp (Mr. W. T. Maooun. Prof. H. L. Hutt and 

 Miss M. E. Blacklock) of thr Ontario Horticul- 

 tural AsBoniation. mado at tho Toronto conven- 

 tion last November. The portions of the report 

 that mentioned annuals, cannas, gladioli and 

 other plants, will appear in a later issue. 



and Europe arc : Flamid, with orange 

 flowers ; Gold Dust, orange, bronze on 

 outside ; Orange Man, bright orange ; 

 and Sovereign, orange yellow, bronze 

 on outside. All said to be of hybrid or- 

 igin. These bloom during the month 

 of June. A very late blooming day lily 

 and quite distinct is H. citrina with 

 canary yellow flowers. This blooms in 

 August and September. 



Among the most graceful and attract- 

 ive herbaceous perennials introduced in 

 recent years are Heuchera hrizoides 

 and its varieties. Heuchera hrizoides 

 is a hybrid between H. sanguinea and 

 Tiarella purpurea, introduced by V. 

 Lemoine, Nancy, France. The plants are 

 much more graceful than H. sanguinea 

 and far freerer bloomers. A collection of 

 these was planted at the Experimental 

 Farm, Ottawa, in 1909. Those which 

 have bloomed in other years are H. 

 hrizoides with rosy pink flowers paler 

 at the base, and H. hrizoides gracil- 

 lima, of somewhat the same color but 

 more graceful in habit than the former. 

 They bloom from June to September. 



Although Incarvillea Delavayi has 

 been out for some years, comparatively 

 few know this beautiful flower yet. The 

 plant grows from two to two and one- 

 half feet high and the flowers, which are 

 much like gloxinias in appearance, are 

 borne on a stalk coming from the 

 ground. The flowers are rosy magenta 

 brown and yellow in the throat. The 

 blooming season is June to July 13 at 

 Ottawa. I. grandiflora, somewhat like 

 the above, has not proven so hardy. 



The marsh mallows or rose mallows, 

 Hibiscus Moscheutos, are perennials 

 which should be better known. They 

 are hardy, and being from five to six 

 feet in height, their large flowers are 

 seen to good effect in late summer. They 

 bloom from early in .\ugust to October. 



Several of the Thalictrums or mead- 

 ow rues are effective border plants, but 

 one of the newer and most effective spe- 

 cies is Thalictrum Delavayi, a native of 

 China. It grows from two to three feet 

 in height and the pendulous flowers are 

 lilac and purple in color. 



The Trollius or globe flower is one 

 of the most attractive spring flowering 

 perennials, yet it is seldom seen in 

 Canadian gardens. Some of the newer 

 varieties are very fine. Two of the best 

 of these are Trollius europaeus Orange 

 Globe, with semi-double, orange yellow 

 flowers, and T. asiaticus plenus (T. 

 japonicus plenus) with rich, deep or- 

 ange, semi-double flowers. 



The Front Lawn 



E. Morden, Niagara Falls, Oat. 



To fill the narrow lawn space that 

 we often find in urban situations with 

 scattered shrubbery is a very common 

 mistake. A mass of shrubbery and vines 

 banked up against the dwelling or its 

 veranda with its resultant rotten wood 

 and dampness is often objectionable. 



The vine-clad cottage is poetic and 

 perhaps allowable if the cottage is anti- 

 quated and ugly. Where much dust 

 prevails the erection of a nearby screen 

 separate from the house itself is a good 

 idea. 



Where narrow lawns exist two neigh- 

 ors may plant a contiguous shrubbery 

 with good results ; where lawns are 

 wider, as is commonly the case in rural 

 localities, one owner can mass a shrub- 

 bery-group at the side of the lawn, and 

 thus leave a free open space in front 

 where the lawn mower and mayhap 

 lawn tennis may feel at home. 



The illustration on this page will make 

 my plan clearer. Here we have a large 

 varietv of shrubs interspersed with rare 



An Interetting Mixed Border of Shrubbery, Cosifert, Percniiial and Annual Flowert 



Home and lawn of Mr. Jas. C. Morden, Niat'ara Falls South, Ont. 



