rilE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



or transplanting- herbaceous perennials is 

 about the first week in May, just as the plants 

 begin to show signs of new growth. 



The iris, paeonies, dielytra, and hemeroc- 

 allis could be planted in the autumn to 

 advantage. A light coating of well rotted 

 manure and the ground around the plants 

 lightly forked over every spring, besides 

 keeping free of weeds, will be about all the 

 attention most of these plants require, when 

 once they become established. Some of the 

 herbaceous plants may require to be divided 

 up and transplanted once in every two or 

 three years. Varieties of the iris and per- 

 ennial phlox (Phlox paniculata) are amongst 

 those that may benefit by being transplanted 

 as often as mentioned. Most of the other 

 herbaceous plants will not require to be 

 disturbed for perhaps six or seven years. 

 The little care and labor that herbaceous 

 perennials require in their culture, and their 

 general adaptability to grow and flourish, in 



spite oi drought in summer or frost in 

 winter, make them particularly adapted for 

 planting in gardens where very little care 

 and attention can be given them. 



If a mixed border of plants containing all 

 of the varieties mentioned is not desirable, 

 a small bed or border with a plant or two 

 of Iris, Dielytra, Hemerocallis flava, Phlox 

 paniculata. Campanula persicifolia, Rud- 

 beckia (Golden Glow) a clump or two of 

 Lilium superbum or Lilium tigrinum, and 

 a few of the annuals mentioned in the 

 February number of Journal will be found to 

 be a desirable and profitable selection. 



These will with only ordinary care, assist 

 materially in brightening up the garden, 

 besides giving a fair supply of cut flowers 

 far the house during a great part of the 

 summer, especially in a year or two when 

 the perennial varieties have become well 

 established. 



Hamilton. W. Hunt. 



A LILY POND. 



,NY one who has a nice lawn should, 

 K by all means, have a lily pond. It is 

 ^^^ easily made and a thing of beauty. 

 There are many ways of making these 

 ponds, either of stone, brick or masonry, 

 but as these are all expensive, we will give 

 our attention to another sort that will cost 

 but a few dollars and at the same time last 

 for years. Have a wooden tub made 

 similar to a wooden cistern or water tank, 

 with straight sides and about four feet deep. 

 It can be made round or square, and as 

 large as you wish, but should not be smaller 

 than six feet across. This size will hold six 

 or eight bulbs. One foot from the bottom 

 have a hole two inches in diameter, and a 

 plug to fit it, which must be put in from the 

 inside, and project far enough to make its 

 renunal easy. Mark the top of the tank 



exactly abo\'e this plug, so that you may 

 know where to find it when the time comes 

 to let out the water. This tank should then 

 be sunk in the ground to within two inches 

 of the top, and then make a gravel border 

 around it of about eighteen inches. When 

 preparing the hole in which to put the tank, 

 determine upon which side will be the place 

 where the plugisto comeand diga spaceabout 

 eighteen inches across, and as deep, and fill 

 it with small stones. This is done in order 

 that the water will have a place to drain into 

 when the plug is removed. 



Give your tank a coat of waterproof paint 

 on the inside, and ot tar on the outside, 

 before sinking it in the ground. This 

 preserves the wood from decay, and the tank 

 will last much longer. When your tank is 

 all ready, fill it up to the plug with pond 



