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Personally he preferred mixed borders of perennials without the 

 attempt at massing, and considered them most appropriate for all 

 but the largest places. In very large beds and borders, however, 

 massing was necessary to secure a good effect ; individual plants pro- 

 ducing no effect at all. 



John W. Duncan said of Anemone J apnnica that he considered 

 it one of the best hardy perennials for this locality. From experi- 

 ence he had found it difficult to manage in southern New England, 

 but here where the nights were cooler it did much better. The 

 finest lot of it he ever saw was on an estate on the North Shore last 

 autumn, some time during early September. There was a perfect 

 mass of fine flowers. On inquiry of the gardener in charge as to its 

 treatment he learned that it had been planted there for several 

 years, the ground first being deeply trenched. No protection was 

 given until the ground froze, when a covering of dry leaves was all 

 that was necessary. 



Speaking of garden lilies Mr. Duncan thought it a mistake for 

 Mr. Orpet to omit from his list Lilivm candidum, and that the Si- 

 berian coral lily, L. teuuifdlium, should be in every collection. He 

 inquired concerning Lilium Sutrhuoisc which had been recently 

 introduced from China, if it had been tried in this country. Speak- 

 ing of other hardy flowers he said that a writer in a recent magazine 

 mentioned Galanthus iiiralis and G. Elicesii, Anemone blanda, Iris 

 Histrio, I. Bakeriana, etc., as flowering during the winter months 

 in the north, but in his experience these did not bloom until April 

 or May. 



Mr. Orpet replied that he did not believe these plants bloomed 

 in the north in winter; that Lilium Sufchuense had been figured 

 in the gardening papers but he did not know that it had been tried 

 here. He had not included Lilium candidum in his list as he had 

 found one to take its place, and Lilium tenuifolium had not been 

 satisfactory with him. 



Mr. Craig remarked that he had snowdrops in flower January 

 10, and within two weeks had crocuses, English primroses, and 

 winter aconite in bloom. He said that some plants would flower 

 in the winter even in New* England. 



Duncan Finlayson by request made a statement of his method of 

 handling Anemone Japonica. He said that late in the fall after 



