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SOME GOOD PLANTS. 



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E Yucca filamentosa. or Adam's needle, 

 seems to stand our cold winter better as it gets 

 older. It makes a nice evergreen plant, and in 

 summer (if the roots are not disturbed by dig- 

 ging) will give an abundance of flowers on 

 strong stems, well raised above the plant to the 

 height of four or five feet, and I have never 

 yet seen them broken by the wind. 



T/ie Japan Iris is a new type of the old 

 Flag, with double and single flowers of various 

 shades and of diff'erent colors, making a grand 

 addition to the list of border plants, and giving 

 an abundant supply of bloom for a short time. 

 They do not succeed well in a stiff" clay, or on 

 a too dry sandy soil , a dark sandy loam suits 

 them best. 



In Pceonies some of the newer kinds, with 

 their fine markings will well repay the extra cost, and are a magnificent sight 

 when in flower. They require little attention, but need a well-drained garden, 

 a liberal supply of well rotted manure each fall, well worked in around the 

 plant in spring. 



The Perennial Phlox is another of which there are some fine kinds, and, 

 like the paeonia, will give an abundance of fine flowers, if treated in the same 

 way ; but when flowering, if the season is dry, they should be mulched with 

 coarse grass, or partly rotten straw and watered occasionally. They suffer in 

 very dry seasons, but will well repay a little extra trouble. 



Fernhill, Ont. J. M. Waters* 



Fig. 651. 



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EveP-Blooming Climbing' Roses,— Roses, hardy enough to stand con- 

 siderable frost, and to serve as climbers are scarce, but one of the best is Gloire 

 de Dijon. This has often been known to get through safely when the thermom- 

 eter has fallen to zero. It is a rapid grower, and in a few years will cover the 

 gable of a two-story house. The delicious fragrance of the tea rose, one of its 

 parents, is abundantly displayed. The rose, William Allan Richardson, is said 

 to be a successful competitor with Gloire de Dijon in the old world. Has any 

 one had good experience in this country with it ? — Meehan's ^^lonthly. 



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