Continuity of Blootn in-!&tnall Gardens' 



W, T. 



THE seasons when it is most difficult 

 to have good bloom is just after 

 the bulb season in the spring and 

 during the month of September. Hence 

 we shall suggest more plants for spring 

 and autumn, than for summer. 



One of the earliest blooming peren- 

 nials is Arabis alpina flore pleno, or 

 Double-flowered .'\lyssum. This begins 

 to bloom soon after the snow has gone. 

 Its double, pure white flowers are borne 

 in great profusion. It is low growing, 

 increases rapidly, and is very useful for 

 the front of the border. 



No small garden is complete without 

 a good plant of Bleeding Heart. It has 

 a blooming season of a month or more 

 in the latter part of May and June, and 

 is both striking and attractive. 



The Epimediums, or Barrenworts, are 

 very attractive spring flowering peren- 

 nials, and are desirable for cutting. The 

 varieties of Trollius, or Globe flower, in 

 various shades of yellow and orange are 

 among the best spring flowering plants, 

 and the native Trillium grandiflorum 

 should be in every small garden. It 

 thrives well under cultivation and clumps 

 soon spread. 



•Extract from a paiper read at the recent con- 

 vention in Toronto of the Ontario Horticultural 

 ABSociatlon. Continued from la,st Issue. 



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Yucca Filamentoia 



This plant stands about five feet six inches 

 high. It is just a young plant and will 

 spread out considerably as it gets older. 

 It is a very striking and rather pretty 

 plant. This specimen is hardly at its beet 

 yet ae only a few of the flowers are fully 

 opened. It was photographed by a repre- 

 sentative of The Canadian Horticulturist 

 in the grounds of the Canadian Nursery 

 Company, of Montreal. 



Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, Ottawa, 



Lily of the Valley and Forget-Me-Not 

 are delightful spring flowering plants, 

 but each needs a place of its own : The 

 former because its blooming season is 

 short and it spreads rapidly, and the 

 latter because it becomes a weed in the 

 border . 



Iris florentina blooms in May, and 

 because of its early blooming it should 

 not be omitted ; the many varieties of 

 German Iris soon follow. 



The Day Lily, Hemerocallis flava, is 

 an attractive yellow-flowered plant, and 

 i s fine foliage makes it u.seful as a back- 

 ground for other species. 



SUMMER PLANTS. 



.Vmong summer-blooming plants there 

 is none more desirable than perennial 

 plilox, of which there are many fine var- 

 ieties. Among low growing plants for 

 bloom in late summer we have found 

 that Rudbeckia Newmanni, a sort of 

 Black-eyed Susan, is one of the most 

 desirable. It increases rapidly and 

 clumps should be scattered all along the 

 front or near the front of the border. 



No lilies have been mentioned so far. 

 They are not as necessary as some other 

 flowers, and anyone who wants lilies will 

 get them anyway, but Lilium speciosum 

 is, we believe, an absolute necessity in 

 a small garden where continuity of 

 bloom is desired. It flowers during the 

 month of September when bloom is 

 scarce. Japanese Anemones are also 

 desirable for late bloom, but as the first 

 frost injures these and they do not bloom 

 until very late, they are not to be de- 

 pended upon. There are many tall grow- 

 ing yellow flowers, such as Rudbeckia 

 Golden Glow, Helianthus of various 

 species, and Heliopsis with running root 

 stalks, but all of these should be kept 

 out of the mixed border as they give 

 endless work in keeping them under con- 

 trol. If they are u.sed they should be 

 treated as things apart. There are, 

 however, some good late blooming flow- 

 ers which do not spread in this way or 

 at least not rapidly. Among these are 

 Helianthus multiflorus maximus, Helian- 

 thus Soleil d'or, Helenium autumnale 

 superbum, Helenium grandicephalum 

 striatum, and some of the finest autumn 

 flowering plants are among the Michael- 

 mas daisies or asters, and of these we 

 have found that Aster Novae Angliae, 

 Mrs. Rayner, a reddish purple flowered 

 variety is one of the best. 



In a border where continuity of bloom 

 is desired all the tall plants should not 

 be put at the very back. The late bloom- 

 ing sorts are most of them tall, and if 

 they are all kept in the rear there is a 

 ■dearth of bloom near the front in late 

 summer or autumn unless annuals are 



Ont. 



A Seven Year Old Brughmafasia 



This plant, grown by Miss Cox, of Stratford, 

 stands over six feet from the ground, al- 

 though it was severely pruned last spring. 

 When photographed it had between thirty 

 and forty buds and blossoms. The full bloom 

 is nearly a foot long and about six inches 

 across and of an ivory whiteneaa. It blooms 

 in September, and the blossoms open to their 

 full extent in the evening. 



used, most of which do not go well with 

 perennials. 



It will be noticed that peonies have 

 not yet been mentioned, but peonies 

 should, in a small garden, be planted by 

 themselves. They take up too much 

 room in a mixed border and are apt to 

 smother smaller and more precious 

 things. A peony-bed should not have 

 too prominent a place in a small garden, 

 as when the blooming season is over it 

 is too conspicuous an object and not 

 sufficiently attractive. If planted near a 

 fence or wall provided they have abun- 

 dant sunlight, good soil, and sufficient 

 moisture they will look well when in 

 bloom and will relieve tlie hard lines of 

 the fence afterwards. 



A border of narcissus or pansies along 

 the front will give color to the bed before 

 the poenies bloom, and gladioli may be 

 used with good effect behind for later 

 bloom. Gladioli are also very desirable 

 in the mixed border, and if some are 

 planted late will be particularly useful 

 in September when bloom is scarce. 



