March, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



roses, forget-me-not, dwarf iris, bleed- 

 ing heart, rockets, anchusa and pole- 

 monium. 



In June and July there are the 

 ardent flowers, such as paeonies, 

 irises, columbines, Canterbury bells, 

 and such wood flowers as trilliums, 

 spring anemones, lily of the valley and 

 Solomon's seal. 



In July and August vre find the 

 showy flowers, such as perennial 

 phlox, bocconia, delphiniums, platyco- 

 don, campanulas, eryngium, lobelia 

 syphiliticae, echinops Ritro. 



In September and October we enter 

 upon the prevailing flowers, such as 

 dahlias for display, perennial sun- 

 flowers or helianthus, heleniums, pyre- 

 thrum uliginosum, and others similar. 



Other varieties to give life and fin- 

 ish are campanulas, pyrethrums, gypso- 

 phila, thalictrum, fox-gloves, pinks and 

 oriental poppies. 



Annuals may also be used to fill in. 

 Roses should be planted in a bed by 

 themselves. 



New Plants and Flowers 



A NUMBER of hardy chrysanthe- 

 niunis have been under test for 

 several years in the garden at the 

 Guelph Agricultural College, and have 



The White Queen Aster. 



given very good flowering results, 

 especially last season. The greatest 

 obstacle to success with them is on ac- 

 count of the attacks made on them in 

 June and July by the small tarnished 

 plant bug (lygus pretensis). This 

 pest punctures and destroys the ter- 

 minal point of growth of the plant, de- 

 stroying the buds when they are in an 

 embryo condition, causing the growth 

 to produce blind or flowerless growth. 

 The best partial remedy for these pests 

 is to dust the terminal points of growth 

 every few days in hot weather with 

 pyrethrum powder, wood ashes or soft 

 coal soot. Asters and dahlias are also 

 badly injured in the same way by this 

 pest. A sure remedy for the attacks 

 of this insect is badly needed by flower 

 growers. 



The following is a list of ten good 

 varieties for planting in the garden. 



Early spring is the best time to plant. 



Carrie (filso sold as "Glory of Seven 

 Oaks"), golden yellow; Hermine 

 (Pompon), white; Cactus, bronzy red; 

 Champagne, ruby red; Champ d'Or, 

 golden yellow; La Pactole, bronzy 

 gold; La Somme, mauve pink; l^den, 

 rose red; October Gold, old gold; 

 Queen of Earlies, pure white. 



Plants of these hardy varieties gave 

 good flowering results last season from 

 August to the second week in Novem- 

 ber. There should be more of them 

 seen in our perennial borders, bright- 

 ening up as they do their whole sur- 

 roundings at a time of the year when 

 the garden usually looks forlorn and 

 desolate. 



Spring' Flowering Bulbs. 



An interesting test was started at 

 the college last fall with early flower- 

 ing tulips and the Darwin type of 

 tulip. A consignment of seven differ- 

 ent varieties of early flowering tulips 

 was received from the Dominion Ex- 

 perimental Station at Sydney, Van- 

 couver Island, B.C., with a request that 

 a test of these Canadian grown bulbs 

 be made with imported stock of the 

 same varieties. As far as the appear- 

 ance, solidity and size of the bulbs are 

 concerned, they compare very favor- 

 ably with imported stock of the same 

 varieties. 



A list of twelve good varieties of 

 Darwin and Rembrandt tulips will be 

 found in the following varieties for the 

 amateur's garden. These two types 

 and the May flowering, or cottage gar- 

 den tulips, as well as the Bizarre and 

 By-bloemen tulips, are too seldom seen 

 in our gardens. They are well suited 

 for permanent planting in perennial 

 borders where they can be left undis- 

 turbed for several years, and will give 

 good results. They are not as well 

 suited for flower beds or borders where 

 summer decorative plants are grown, 

 as they do not like to be dug up or dis- 

 turbed very frequently when planted. 

 The early flowering tulips are best for 

 the last named purpose, but these are 

 not nearly as effective for permanent 



planting as the Darwins, Rembrandts, 

 etc., first mentioned. These last named 

 are rapidly coming into prominence, 

 and are very beautiful. 



12 Darwin Tulips. 



Andre Dorian, Anthony Roozen, 

 Charles H. Marot, Clara Butt, Dante, 

 Dream, Europe, Fra Angelico, Gret- 

 chen, Harry Veitch, Mr. Farncombe 

 Sanders, "Wedding Veil. 



12 Rembrandt Tulips. 

 Alladin, Le Printemps, Bellona, Marco 

 Spado, Candida, Purity, Diana, Red 

 Prince, Esopus, Sirene, Gretchen, 

 Undine. 



Hardy Border Perennials. 



In addition to the tests mentioned, 

 over two hundred dift'erent varieties of 

 hardy border perennials, most of them 

 new or not common varieties, were 

 planted in the trial grounds last spring. 

 They have not, however, been planted 

 long enough to give any very definite 

 information on them. These will be 

 subjected to the severest winter test 

 possible, as they are planted on a very 

 exposed piece of ground and will be 

 given very little, if any, artificial pro- 

 tection during the coming winter. 



The following varieties have shown 

 points of merit that will doubtless give 

 them a place among the better known, 

 older types and varieties of these 

 plants. 

 List of Perennial Asters (Michelmas 

 Daisies) Tested. 



Anglica rosea, 4 ft. ; A. L. Fardell, 

 4 ft. ; Beauty of Colwill, 4 ft. ; Baldur, 

 4 ft.; Cordifolia elegans, 3 ft.; Dor- 

 wrochren, 4 ft. ; Ericoides Enchantress, 



2 ft. ; Finchley White, 4 ft. ; Mrs. E. N. 

 Raynor, 4 ft. ; Snowflake, 3 ft. ; Thomp- 

 sonii (dwarf), 18 in.; White Queen, 



3 ft. 



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The Florlbunda Aster. 



