ORNAMENTAL PLANTS AND SHRUBS. I 1 5 



CLIMBERS. 



The three best vines for arbors and verandahs Ampelopsis Quinque- 

 folia, Clematis Ligistrum, Clematis Douglasii. All native, and perfectly 

 hardy. 



DESIRABLE PLANTS FOR PARLOR AND GARDEN. 



(Colorado Agricultural College Report Horticultural Department.; 



" Nearly all varieties of ornamental plants succeed admirably out- 

 doors. Indoors, in winter, they exhibit a luxuriance of leaf and wealth of 

 blossom quite foreign to parlor plants at a lower altitude. Among out- 

 door plants, the Verbena is a great success, especially those grown from 

 seed of approved strain. Geraniums and the different varieties of Coleus 

 are brighter colored here, but do not grow so luxuriantly. Of Roses, all 

 the classes succeed better here than at the East our bright sun and 

 command of water insuring almost a continuous succession of blossoms in 

 the Hybrid Perpetual class, so that the name here is not so much a mis- 

 nomer as in the olcer States. Heliotropes, Carnations, Petunias, Lantanas 

 and most of the varieties of Asclepias are admirable for summer or winter 

 blooming. 



For flowering annuals, nothing gives greater satisfaction than the new 

 dwarf strains of Petunia; it enjoys bright skies, and flowers abundantly 

 until long after the first advent of frost. Not less valuable are the im- 

 proved varieties of Phlox Drummondi; no garden can afford to be with- 

 out them. Pansies are beautiful all summer; the native habitat of this 

 plant is that of an open exposure, although the reverse of this is thought 

 to be the case. 



A word in closing for the Dahlia and Gladiolus. Nowhere else have 

 I seen such a regal display of these deservedly popular flowers as in this 

 State." 



HARDY SHRUBS. 



The following shrubs are in every way admirable for Colorado : 



COMMON NAME. SCIENTIFIC NAME. 



Sweet Shrub , Calycanthus floridus 



Button Bush , Cephalanthus occidentalis 



Sweet Pepper Bush Clethra almfolia 



Bladder Senna Colutea arborescens 



Golden Bell Forsythia viridissima 



White Althea Hibiscus syriacus 



Hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora 



Snowberry red Symphoriocarpus vulgaris 



