THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



April flowers of which are borne in whorls in the same way as those 



I-I5 of Primula Japonica. The colour is crimson. The foliage is 



slightly mealy. Height, i to li foot. 

 Ramondia Pyrenaica Alba is a white form of a well-known Alpine. 



It is a beautiful plant, and will thrive in a shady part of the 



rockery. 

 Senecio Clivorum is a Chinese species, with large, loose heads of 



many flowers, borne in summer. It is a good plant for heavy 



soil, and thrives near water. 

 Stokesia Cyanea Praecox and its white variety, Alba, are beautiful 



border plants. The former has lavender-coloured flowers. 



They bloom in late summer and autumn. Height i to ir} foot. 

 Thalictrum Orientale is a pretty and distinct plant with glaucous 



blue foliage and white flowers in branching heads. Height, 



2 feet. 



Climbers and Wall Shrubs 



There is no practical reason why wall plants should be 

 planted later than Roses or fruit trees — in fact, a good 

 reason can be adduced in favour of early planting ; but 

 it has grown to be so much a matter of custom to plant 

 late in spring, that florists grow most of the popular 

 kinds in pots, so as to be able to execute orders at a 

 period when it is too late to shift plants from the open 

 ground. I have not been favourably impressed with 

 many of the specimens of pot climbers which I have 

 received from nurserymen, and I greatly prefer plants 

 from the open ground. The pot theory is plausible 

 enough, and answers while the plants are young ; but 

 when they have been in the same comparatively small 

 pots two or three years, and have pushed a strong tap- 

 root, like a miniature Parsnip, through the bottom of it, 

 things are not so satisfactory. A small plant with fibrous 

 roots is better than a bigger one with a single tap-root. 



One can plant climbers and wall shrubs from the 

 open ground early in April, but not much later, except 

 in mild, moist districts. The great point in favour of 

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