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T II K C A N A D 1 A N HO H T 1 C L L T L ii 1 S T 



Formal City Entrance at Harrisburg, Pa., as Improved by the American Civic Association— to be Dedicated April 20 



begin earnest work along the lines re- 

 ferred to by Mr. McFarland. For the 

 present he said the society would labor 

 with work it knew could be accomplished. 



He asked the co-operation of the citizens. 



A vote of thanks to Mr. McFarland 



was moved by Mr. R. J- Score, a director 



of the society, and seconded by Park 



Commissioner Chambers, who pointed 

 out the excellent natural facilities that 

 were afforded in and around Toronto 

 for successful civic improvement work. 



A List and Description of Leading' Perennials 



HAVING received a number of 

 letters from readers of The Horti- 

 culturist enquiring about the 

 most desirable perennials for all purposes, 

 with the season of blooming, color and 

 duration of bloom and height of the 

 plants, I submit the following list for 

 publication, that readers of The Hor- 

 ticulturist may have a catalogue 

 from which to select with some degree of 

 intelligence. By the time the April 

 issue appears it will be time to procure 

 the desired specimens. 



Arabis alpina. Rock or Wall Cress, 

 single white flowers, grand for the edge 

 of a bed or border, also for the rockery. 

 Grows to six inches high, spreading. 



Arabis alpina flore pleno, double white 

 flowers, and begins to bloom after the 

 single one is done, therefore plant time 

 about with the single one to prolong 

 the season of bloom, May and June. 



Lychnis plenissima semper florens, 

 rose flowered, double, in bloom all sum- 

 mer, grows 18 inches high. 



Lychnis viscaria splendens pleno, 



KodericK Cameron, Niagara Falls SoutK 



Lamp' Flower, double, red. Grows a 

 foot high, blooms continually for six 

 weeks. 



Tunica saxifraga, a pretty and use 

 ful plant producing Hght pink flowers 

 all summer, which resemble a small 

 campanula, grows six inches high, 

 good for the edge of the border and the 

 rockery. 



Gypsophila paniculata. Baby's 

 Breath, in bloom during July and August, 

 height 18 inches, flowers white — in 

 panicles. 



vSpiraea aruncus, Goat's Beard, in 

 bloom June and July, flowers creamy 

 white, three feet high. 



Spiraea Chinensis, light pink flowers, 

 verv pretty, three feet high, bloom in 

 July. 



Spiraa palmata, bright pink, flowers 

 during July, two and a half to three 

 feet high. 



Spirsea palmata alba, a pure white 

 variety of the preceding, otherwise the 

 same. 



Saxifrage umbrosa, London Pr de, 



pink, flowers during June and July, 18 

 inches high. 



Lythrum salicarium. Spiked Loose 

 strife, purplish flowers, grows four feet 

 high, in bloom July and August. 



Clematis David.ana, in bloom August 

 and September, grows three feet high, 

 flowers hght purple. 



Clematis recta, in bloom June 26 to 

 July 15, flowers white Hke paniculata, 

 height four feet. 



Anemone Japonica, Wind Flower, 

 bright pink, and height two feet, in 

 bloom from August to late fall. 



Anemone Japonica alba, a pure white 

 one of the preceding, but six inches 

 taller, in bloom the same time. 



Anemone, var ety Queen Charlotte, 

 claret-colored flowers, otherwise like the 

 last, blooms the same time. 



Anemone, variety Whirlwind, semi- 

 double white flowers. This is the best 

 variety, blooms at the same time as 

 the others. 



Peonies can be got in a hundred differ- 

 ent varieties, and in as many colors. 





