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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



August, 191 s 



poppy. This, also, is the only time to 

 plant the lilies in sorts, particularly Lil- 

 ium Candium, or the Madonna, or 

 Annunciation lily, as it is termed. The 

 loveliest effects may Ix; had by planting 

 clumps of delphinium interspersed with 

 groups of Lilium Candidum, or camp- 

 anulas. 



For fall flowering, dahlias and glad- 

 iolus hold sway and it's while we are 

 now contemplating the blooms which 

 grace the borders that we can plan 

 new and more pleasing surprises for 

 next season. It is also now that we can 

 arrange for our spring flowers by sow- 

 ing pansies, forget-me-not, daisy, and 

 others, for spring blooming. The di- 

 rections for sowing before mentioned 

 answer for these as well. 



Another old favorite, hardy and early 

 blooming plant, is the bleeding heart. 

 This always makes a conspicuous show 

 in the spring when early flowers are so 

 aopreciated. Old clumps of this flower, 

 along with phloxes and paeonies, may be 

 divided and replanted during the coming 

 month. It also delights in a dry loamy 

 soil well enriched. Nor should we for-, 

 get in our future planning to provide 

 good edging effects by having plenty of 

 the various funkias. The wide shapely 

 foliage and compact habit of this plant 

 makes it an ideal plant for bordering. 



Sedum spectabilis makes a beautiful 

 edging, and we must not forget our old 

 friend Phalaris arundinacea picta, or 

 ribbon grass. When this plant gets too 

 high, cutting it back to three or four 

 inches promptly renews its lively appear- 

 ance, and here I must mention the beau- 

 ty and showiness of the pyrethrum. I 

 don't know any plant more satisfactory 

 than this for the weeks it is in flower. 

 It is so piquant and showy, its long 

 stems bearing the neat and attractive 

 flowers and foliage. No well ordered 

 garden is complete without an assort- 

 ment of the lively pyrethrums. 



The Pacony 



Novel Effect with Sweet Peas 



Mr. K. B. VVhyte, of Ottawa, uses a 

 striking method of growing sweet peas. 

 At intervals throughout his garden Mr. 

 Whyte has planted sweet peas which are 

 trained to grow up wire nettings. The 

 netting is so cut that separate pieces 

 can be looped into circles about two feet 

 in diameter. The netting is fastened to 

 stakes set in the ground to prevent its 

 blowing over. 



Each piece of netting is the height of 

 a person's head. As the vines grow up 

 all around and cover it the different 

 clumps of sweet peas thus trained make 

 a striking effect in the garden. Mr. 

 Whyte uses the Peerless Perfect Poultry 

 Fence, which he has found gives better 

 results than - some other varieties of 

 fences which have sharper points that 

 catch and cut the vines. 



John Cavers, 



THE herbaceous pacony increases in 

 the public interest and favor the 

 more the finer varieties become 

 known. Its intrinsic merits form a sub- 

 stantial basis for this growing interest. 

 Its hardiness and tenacity of life are un- 

 usual in plants. It is safe to class it 

 with the "iron-clads. " It does not win- 

 ter-kill. There is, perhaps, no plant so 

 well adapted to brighten the homes of 

 the Canadian north west as the pa;ony 

 because of this quality of hardiness. This 

 quality is inherited. The modern varie- 

 ties are descended from Paeony albiflora, 

 a native of Siberia. 



Another feature of the paeony that 

 commends it to general favor is the 

 freshness of its foliage. The foliage >s 

 interesting from its earliest growth in 

 spring until it is matured by hard frosts 

 in the fall. When the foliage and stems 

 of a clump come to full growth as they 

 do in the end of May, the size, freshness 

 and healthy appearance of the former 

 with the length and stoutness of the lat- 

 ter, give to the plant an appearance 

 of healthy, vigorous strength seldom 

 found in plants. 



The blooms of the paeony are of many 

 forms — from the single, through the var- 

 ious stages of becoming double, to the 

 full rose form. Some are unusually fine 

 in the bud stage, such as Achilles, Mme. 

 Crous.se, Modeste Guerin, Duchesse de 

 Nemours, (Calot) and Umbellata rosea ; 

 and Achille and Duchesse de Nemours 

 (Calot) are exceptionally beautiful in the 

 half-open stage. 



The colors are of many shades and 

 tints from white to almost black. The 

 lighter colors, however, prevail ; and the 

 lighter pinks in hydrangea and apple- 

 blossom tints distinguish most of the 

 fine later introductions. Fine reds are 

 scarce, but Felix Crousse and Constant 

 Devred are good ones of this color, the 

 latter being a late variety. Mme. Buc- 

 quet and Mons. Martin Calinzac are the 

 two of darkest color, the latter being the 

 darkest grown. Mons. Jules Elie is the 

 grandest pink and is by some considered 

 the perfect paeony. 



The paeony is free from the attacks of 

 insect enemies and comparatively free 

 from fungous diseases. Perhaps the 

 only cautions that need be urged in this 

 regard are to avoid planting in a wet, 

 undrained location, and to avoid bring- 

 ing coarse, unrotted manure into close 

 proximity to the tubers. 



The following notes may be found 

 helpful : 



A good garden loam well enriched, is 

 the best soil for paeonies. 



In full sunshine is the best location. 



Plant in the latter half of September. 



Preserve the name-labels. 



Plant so that the crown is two to three 

 inches below the surface. 



Oakville, Oat. 



Give to each plant a space of nine to 

 ten square feet. 



Mulch the ground after it has become 

 hard frozen. 



If for a border, plant in clumps of 

 three to five of one sort. 



If for a Ijed, plant ten to twenty-live 

 of one sort. 



A single row of paonies, in which var- 

 ious sorts may be used, planted two 

 feet apart, makes an excellent dividing 

 line in a garden. 



If a large clump effect be wanted 

 quickly plant three one-year plants fif- 

 teen inches apart in the form of a tri- 

 angle rather than a four to five year-old- 

 plant. 



If possible, leave the plants undis- 

 turbed for eight to ten years. 



An annual dressing of fertilizer, pre- 

 ferably rotted cow manure, worked into 

 the soil directly after blooming time, or 

 very early in the spring, will give good 

 results. 



A liberal supply of moisture, natural 

 or artificial, from the time the flower- 

 buds are formed until the blooms are 

 cut, or fully opened, will increase the 

 size of the blooms. 



Many varieties form flower-buds in 

 clusters of three to four. Remove all 

 these except the terminal, the largest 

 one. 



Plant for a succession of bloom. Um- 

 bellata rosea is the earliest of the Albi- 

 flora species to bloom. Couroune d'or 

 (white), Marie Lemoine (white), and 

 Rubra suf)erba (Richardson), (crimson), 

 are good late sorts. 



Gladioli and narcissi may be planted 

 amongst paeonies. These will prolong 

 the blooming season of the paeony bed. 

 The gladioli must be planted every 

 spring ; the narcissi must be planted In 

 the early fall, and they may remain un- 

 disturbed for two to three years. 



If the blooms are \vanted for house 

 decoration cut them when the buds be- 

 gin to break open and place the stems in 

 water. In cutting blooms leave two or 

 three leaves on the stem of the plant. 



The virtues of the paeony are summed 

 up by a writer in Vick's Magazine, as 

 follows : 



"No flowering plants capable of en- 

 during our northern winters are more 

 satisfactory than the paeonies. Massive, 

 without being coarse, fragrant without 

 being pungent, grand without being 

 gaudy, various in form and color, beyond 

 the possibility of being successfully 

 superseded, they stand in the first rank 

 of hardy flowers." 



Many house plants suffer from a ne- 

 glect to water regularly. Some varieties 

 that are kept in sunny windows require 

 water every day. 



