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tural differences. Some of the original plants of A. Hallii are still 

 in existence in Massachusetts. In his experience Polygonum Bakl- 

 schuanicum was really hardy. 



In his business he had to do with about 3000 plants; there were 

 1200 named varieties of phlox, 800 of delphiniums, and many 

 Japan irises; but among them all he thought there were really not 

 more than 20 distinct kinds of each. When we buy plants we often 

 buy a great variety of names instead of distinct kinds. 



William N. Craig in response to a request spoke on the culture 

 of Eremurus. He said he grew four varieties: Elwesianus, robus- 

 tus, Bungei, and Hiinalaims. They were grown in a mixture 

 of meadow muck, loam, leaf mold, and sand, about two feet in 

 depth, and received a coating of leaves as a winter protection. 

 Spikes of E. rohusius and Himalaicus seven to seven and a half 

 feet high were produced annually. Great care was needed in trans- 

 planting as the roots were exceedingly brittle and easily broken. 



Replying to the statement made by Mr. Orpet concerning the 

 hardiness of Anemone Japonica, Mr. Craig said that it had proved 

 perfectly hardy at North Easton and had withstood 25° below zero 

 with merely a light protection of leaves. Plants raised from root 

 cuttings would not flower so soon the first season after planting out. 



Continuing, Mr. Craig said that Rehmannia angulata propagated 

 itself abundantly from the stolons; some plants had wintered out, 

 but some were stored in a frame in case the others died. He would 

 add Lilium Brotvnii and L. excelsum to the list of reliable sorts of 

 lilies. To secure a late bloom of herbaceous phloxes some of the 

 shoots on each clump might be pinched back early in the season, 

 and cuttings taken in April, rooted in sand, and planted out the mid- 

 dle of May, during moist weather, would produce splendid heads 

 in October. 



Annual hollyhocks, if sown in March, would bloom in July; 

 some of these were of undesirable colors, but the race promised to 

 be a valuable one. Montbretias, divided and planted out in Octo- 

 ber, were perfectly hardy on well-drained ground with a coating 

 of leaves over them. Galionia {Hyacinilms) candicans planted 

 with Papaver orieniale followed the latter and covered over the bare- 

 ness caused by the dying down of the Papaver after blooming. 

 Malva moschafa aiha and Veronica longifolia subsessilis he consid- 

 ered two very valuable perennials. 



