98 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1900. 



The trumpet creeper, Tecoma radicans, is another good 

 climber that can he used advantageously upon the porch or 

 fence, and we must not overlook the merits of our native 

 clematis for landscape effects. 



The moonseed, Menispermum, is a beautiful climber and 

 deserves more attention than it now receives. 



The bitter-sweet, Oelastrus scandens, is a good vine through 

 the summer and is especially valuable on account of its autumn 

 and winter effects. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



Our list of first rate herbaceous plants is somewhat shorter 

 than the list of trees or shrubs. Of course, there are a great 

 many beautiful and interesting species that we wish to have on 

 the grounds, like the violets, hepaticas and anemones, which are 

 rather small to count for much in making a picture. The wild 

 columbine, Aquilegia Canadensis, is a most decorative plant 

 and seems especially well placed, if planted in the rockery. 

 The several species of Gypripedium may be similarly planted. 



Our three kinds of lilies are excellent for the border and 

 should be used lavishly. The wood lily, L. Philadelphicum, 

 is a low plant with a red blossom. More showy is the yellow 

 lily, L. Canadense, which grows from two to five feet tall and 

 bears many flowers. But finest of them all is the Turk's-cap 

 lily, L. superbum, which sometimes reaches the height of seven 

 feet and is well covered with flowers. One plant which I dis- 

 covered last season bore thirty blossoms. The lilies bloom 

 during July and August. Of the same season is the scarlet 

 lobelia, or cardinal flower, L. cardinalis. By transplanting 

 roots of this plant to moist situations in the border, we can have 

 bits of scarlet color that are effective. 



One of our very best plants is the mallow Hibiscus. Two 

 forms are commonly cultivated in gardens ; one produces a pink 

 flower, the other has a white blossom with a crimson eye, and is 

 rather more vigorous than the pink form. Though the Hibiscus 

 grows wild in wet places along the coast, it thrives equally well 



