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origin, shrubby, passing out of flower the first week in November; 

 Rehmannia angulaia, a beautiful plant but not hardy with him; 

 Lycoris squamigera (Amaryllis Hallii) perfectly hardy, flowers 

 rose-pink, blooms in the late summer and fall; and a new species 

 of Meconopsis collected by Wilson and just introduced from China; 

 this last of doubtful hardiness. 



There are doubtless many other plants in China, Thibet, and 

 Siberia which will be valuable additions to the hardy garden. We 

 have hardly begun to know the floral wealth of these cotmtries and 

 many new^ treasures doubtless await the collector. We owe the 

 introduction of many new plants to the doctors stationed in these 

 far-away places, for there seems to be affinity between doctors and 

 botany. 



Inquiry is often made for plants suitable for shaded places. For 

 this purpose may be especially recommended Fortune's variety of 

 the lily-of-the-valley, which grows and thrives amazingly under 

 pine trees. It is excellent both in quality . and quantity. By 

 covering it in the winter with straw spread over the snow the frost is 

 retained for two weeks longer and the flowering period thereby 

 lengthened. Other species suitable for shady places are English 

 daisies and primroses, Vinca minor, Aegopodiuin Podagraria, 

 Cypripedium specfabile or reginoe, and Primida Sieboldii. 



There are some undesirable plants in hardy borders of which a 

 warning is necessary for they thrive at the expense of others. 

 Among these are Boltonia asteroides, a terrible thing to spread, 

 extending sometimes one to three feet in a single season; Helian- 

 thus rigidus has the same habit; Monarda didyma deteriorates in 

 the center and should be occasionally replanted; Physostegia 

 Virginiana has wonderful vigor and should have no place in the 

 mixed border; Achillea Piarmica, the pearl, spreads and grows 

 amazingly; and Aegopodium Podagraria has cost the New York 

 parks thousands of dollars to eradicate. 



Mr. Orpet presents in connection with his remarks the following 

 lists of what he considers the best twelve perennial plants and the 

 best twelve ferns. 



