58 HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



connection with other shrubs, as the whin, which flowers at the 

 same time ; here, too, it would be comparatively safe from being 

 " grubbed up." 



Flowering period, January to June. 



Cheiranthus Marshallii. 



MARSHALL'S WALLFLOWER ; Nat. Ord. CRUCIFER^:. 

 A DISTINCT and very hardy hybrid, being shrubby and tree-like 

 in shape, but withal very dwarf. From the compact habit, 

 abundance and long duration of its flowers, it is well suited for 

 showy borders or lines. It is not yet well known, but its 

 qualities are such that there can be no wonder at its quickly 

 coming to the front where known. 



It differs from the common Wallflower in being more dwarf 

 and horizontally branched, while the leaves are more bent back, 

 hairy, and toothed; immediately below the floriferous part of 

 the stem the leaves are more crowded, the stems more angular, 

 the flowers much less, not so straggling, and of a dark orange 

 colour. Other hybrids in the same way are being produced, 

 differing mostly in the colour of the flowers, as lemon, greenish- 

 yellow, copper, and so on. 



Plants a year old are so easily raised from cuttings, and form 

 such neat specimens, that a stock cannot be otherwise than very 

 useful in any garden ; besides, they lift so well that transplant- 

 ing may be done at any time. My finest specimens have been 

 grown from their cutting state, on a bed of sifted ashes liberally 

 mixed with well-rotted stable manure; in such light material 

 they have not only done well, but, when a few roots were 

 required, they lifted large balls without leaving any fibre in the 

 ground. To have good stout stock before winter sets in, slips 

 should be taken from the old plants as soon as they have done 

 flowering ; dibble them into light bat well enriched soil, and 

 give water in droughty weather only. 



I ought to mention that this dwarf Wallflower, and also its 

 allied kinds, are capital subjects for very dry situations ; on old 

 walls and the tops of outhouses they not only do well, but prove 

 decorative throughout the year. In such places plants will live 

 to a great age, and sow their own seed freely besides. 



Flowering period, May and June. 



Chionodoxa Luciliae. 



SNOW GLORY; Nat. Ord. LILIACE^E. 



A HARDY bulbous perennial, from Asia Minor. It has only been 

 cultivated about four years in English gardens; still it has 

 been proved to be as hardy as the squills, which it very much 

 resembles. Mr. Maw, who discovered and introduced it, found 



