THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



developed truss of this variety is a pleasing 

 sight to all who love a soft orange scarlet 

 flowering geranium. 



Mrs. E. G. Hill is not yet surpassed for 

 habit of growth and for producing a wealth 

 of bloom under almost any condition of 

 growth. 



Dryden is a single flowering variety that 

 promises well as a bedding variety. Its 

 finely formed and beautifully tlotched and 

 tinted rose red flowers, makes it quite an 

 acceptable addition to the list of single bed- 

 ding geraniums. 



Amongst the silver foliaged geraniums 

 there is nothing can outdo Madame Salleroi, 

 especially as an edging or border plant. 

 Mountain of Snow is about the only other 

 variety of silver edged geraniums worthy of 

 growing as a bedding plant. 



Tricolors and bronze geraniums cannot be- 

 included amongst the list of bedding geran- 

 iums, being far more difficult to succeed 

 with than even the most delicate of our sum- 

 mer flowering begonias. As pot or window 

 plants they still have a place, but are of too 

 delicate a nature to succeed as bedding 

 plants. 



There are many more varieties of geran- 

 iums that could be spoken of as good bed- 

 ding varieties other than those I have men- 

 tioned. Those that I have mentioned are 

 varieties that will give good satisfaction 

 with perhaps less care and attention than 

 many other varieties, a fact that has in- 

 fluenced me materially in recommending" 

 them for out door decorative purposes. 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



BY WEBSTER BROS,, HAMILTON. 



E^QUILEGIA Oxysepala continues to 

 excite great interest when in flower ; 



^ it is the earliest of the Columbines 

 so far as we know. This is the same variety 

 disseminated as a premium some years ago by 

 the F. G. A. as A. Bergeriana, but according 

 to the Central Experimental Farm the former 

 name is correct. 



Anemone, Queen Charlotte, is areal beauty, 

 it is the first pink Anemone of this class and 

 is at the same time the best of all the Japan 

 Anemones, being larger and of better sub- 

 stance than Whirlwind and a beautiful 

 pink shade much like Rose La France. 

 These Anemones may be flowered to great 

 advantage, if lifted and potted before the 

 buds begin to open, a little shade for a few 

 days is all that is necessary to get them 

 established ; then, if kept in a cool conserva- 

 tory or even in a cold frame, away from the 



wind or light frosts, the flowers open much- 

 larger and more perfectly. 



Doronicum plantagineum excelsum is a 

 dwarf yellow flowering plant, bearing hand- 

 some flowers resembling some of the Sun- 

 flowers ; it is very pretty but suflfers some- 

 what during winter when the snow fall is 

 light. 



Heienium Autumnal Superbum is one of 

 the most noticeable of late bloomers ; its 

 flowers remind one of Giant Buttercups ; it 

 is a plant that should have lots of room. 

 When it blooms it is a specimen of great 

 beauty. 



Phlox Etna has proved the best scarlet 

 variety of the tall phloxes we have tried. 

 We are trying some of the potentillas from 

 a British collection but fear they will not 

 stand the rigor of this climate. 



