LATE SHOWERS & EARLY FLOWERS 



early planting is that it gives the plants a chance of April 

 making root before the hot weather comes on, and if the ^~^5 

 new fibres get a good hold of the soil before May the 

 plant generally lives and thrives. Let me indicate a few 

 good kinds : 



Aristolochia Sipho, the Dutchman's Pipe, grows 

 quickly, and forms large, heart-shaped leaves. The 

 pipe-shaped, pendulous flowers are brown and yellow. 

 The plant should have a warm aspect. It loses its leaves 

 in winter. 



Buddleias Globosa (Orange Ball), Variabilis and 

 Veitchiana have been referred to already. The perfumed 

 lilac flowers, borne in long cones, of the last named, are 

 beautiful in late summer. 



The Ceanothus, or Blue Bush, likes a south or west 

 aspect. Ceres has pale pink, Gloire de Versailles light 

 blue, and Marie Simon mauve flowers. 



The Winter Sweet (Chimonanthus Fragrans) likes a 

 warm aspect. It blooms in winter, and its brownish 

 yellow flowers are powerfully scented. There is a larger 

 variety called Grandiflorus. As winter bloomers, these 

 plants are best planted in autumn. 



The Mexican Orange-flower, Choisya Ternata, is a 

 beautiful evergreen shrub, flowering late in spring or 

 early in summer. It likes a warm aspect, and is often 

 grown as a border shrub in a sheltered place, where it 

 will produce its pretty, white, fragrant flowers, resembling 

 Orange blossoms, in profusion. 



The Clematises are a power in themselves. The 

 Jackmanii section is the most popular, and the varieties 

 are benefited by being cut close to the ground after 

 planting, and by severe pruning. Jackmanii, violet ; 

 Jackmanii Alba, white; and Jackmanii Rubra, crimson, 

 are three beautiful sorts belonging to this class. The 

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