THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



isfaction. It is quite hardy here and 

 should succeed even further north. 



Fig. 1324 shows a fine plant of Yuc- 

 ca filamentosa, or Spanish Bayonet. 

 There are about one hundred of these 

 in the Park, and last year they made 



Fig. 1325 shows one of the herba- 

 ceous plants that should be in every 

 garden. There could not be anything 

 better. It is quite hardy and will grow 

 in any good soil, but it is better of a 

 little coarse barnyard manure about 



Fig. 1325.— Pckonia latipetala, Tree Peony. 



a grand display when in bloom, and 

 they were the admiration of a number 

 of visitors. The flower spikes are 

 about six feet high, and I question if 

 the like were ever before grown in 

 Canada. 



the roots during the winter. The plant 

 shown is ten years planted, and had 

 last spring (1897) one hundred and 

 fifty flowers and buds on it at one time. 

 The name of it is Paeonia latipetala 

 (Tree Peony.) 



The Plane tree (Platanus orientalis) 

 in Washington is one of the best all- 

 round street trees. They are greatly 

 improved when severely trimmed ; even 



the hollow-stemmed old specimens on 

 Pennsylvania avenue, when so treated, 

 were greatly renovated in appearance. — 

 Rept. iMass., Hor. Society. 



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