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three feet high, blooming in June and 

 July. 



The Tree Peony also can be procured 

 in a number of varieties. I prefer the 

 variety Moutan, light salmon in color, 

 grows four feet high, woody or shrubby, 

 blooms during June, tenderer than the 

 herbaceous varieties. 



Bocconia cordata, Chinese Salendine, 

 grows six feet, flowers creamy white on 

 long terminal spikes, from July to 

 September. 



I'apaver orientalis, scarlet, large 

 llower, nine inches in diameter, three to 

 four feet high, in bloom June and July. 



Papaver nudicaule, blooms all season, 

 should be planted time about with the 

 oriental to keep up a display during 

 the season, two to two and a half feet 

 high, color from creamy white to bright 

 vellow. 



Dicentra eximia, purple flowers all 

 summer, a foot to 15 inches high. 



Alyssum saxatile compactum, yellow 

 flowers, 18 inches high, blooms in May 

 and June. 



Boltonia latisquama, aster-like flowers, 

 light pink, in bloom during September 

 and October, height four to five feet. 



Stokesia cyanea, Stoke's Aster, large 

 ])urple flowers, much like asters during 

 .Vugust and September, 18 inches high, 

 a good plant when climate and soil suits 

 it. 



Inula ensifolia. Sword- Leaved Ele- 

 campane, grows six inches high, flowers 

 vellow like a small sunflower during 

 July to frost. 



Coreopsis lanceolata grandiflora. Tick 

 Seed, grows two to three feet, j-ellow 

 flowers, large, from July to fall if the 

 seeds are kept off. 



Coreopsis senifolia, grows three to 

 four feet, flowers yellow, small, sweet 

 scented, during August and Septem- 

 ber. 



Helianthus multiflorus flore pleno. 

 Double Flowered Sunflower, grows four 

 feet, in bloom from the end of July to 

 late fall, yellow. 



Helianthus sparsifolia, grows four to 

 six feet, and is the best of the single 

 flowered varieties, August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Campanula persicifolia gigantea Moer- 

 heimi, blooms large double white, during 

 July and August, two feet and one of the 

 very best perennials grown. 



Campanula lactiflora, milk flowered, 

 grows two to three feet, blooms during 

 end of June to August, also one of the 

 best perennials. 



Platycodon grandiflora, in blue and 

 white colored blooms, grows to three feet, 

 in flower during July and August. This 

 is also a grand plant of the campanula 

 family. 



Statice latifolia. Sea Lavender, a grand 

 plant to grow, in bloom from July to 

 frost, flowers purplish, heath like, good 

 to dry for winter bouquets. 

 ?I^Veronica spicata, purple flowers, all 



summer and fall, grows two to three 

 feet high. 



Veronica spicata rosea, the same as 

 the last but rose flowered. 



Lvsimachia clethroides, white ter- 

 minal spikes, from June to August, three 

 feet high. 



Cephalaria Tartarica, grows four to 

 eight feet, flowers during July and 

 August, straw color, resembling a 

 scabiosa. 



Rudbeckia triloba, also called Cah- 

 fornica, in bloom August and September, 

 flowers dark yellow, four feet high. 



Rudbeckia purpurea, purple flowered, 

 in July and August to September, grows 

 three feet high. 



Rudbeckia laciniata 'flore pleno. Gol- 

 den Glow, grows six to eight feet, double 

 yellow flowers in profusion from July to 

 September. 



Achillea ptarmica, The Pearl, pro- 

 duces double white daisy-like flowers 

 in abundance during July to frost, grows 

 two to three feet high. 



Achillea tomentosa, produces single 

 vellow flowers, grows six inches high, 

 a good edging plant, in bloom now and 

 again all summer. 



Pj'rethrum maximum superbum, one 

 of the best of the Ox Eye Daisies, grows 

 three feet, large white flowers with yel- 

 low centres, in bloom from June to frost. 



Pyrethrum uliginosum. Great Ox Eye 

 Daisy, grows five feet high, making a 

 grand display of white flowers from the 

 end of August to the middle of October. 



Delphinium cashmerianum, and D. 

 grandiflorum, the former dark blue, 

 single, the other dark blue, double, 

 flowering in July. After they are done 

 blooming if they are cut back they 

 bloom the second time in September; 

 height anywhere from three to six feet. 



Liatris pycnostachya. Blazing Star, 

 grows four feet, purple flowers, in Aug- 

 ust and September. 



Helenium autumnale grandicephalum. 

 Great Sneezewort, grows six feet high, 

 flowers single, yellow, like an Ox Eye 

 Daisy, blooms in abundance during 

 August and September. 



Helenium grandicephalum striatum, 

 flowers striped with brown, otherwise 

 like the last, blooming at the same time. 



Chelone Lyoni, Red Turtlehead, grows 

 four feet, in bloom August and Sep- 

 tember. 



Chelone obliqua alba. White Turtle- 

 head, blooms in August and September. 



Pentstemon barbatus Torreyi, Scarlet 

 Beard Tongue, bloom scarlet, from the 

 middle of June to fall, grows three feet 

 high. 



Pentstemon ovatus, a white variety 

 of the preceding, height three feet, in 

 bloom June and July. 



Physostegia Virginiana, False Dragon 

 Head, a native plant of Ontario, none 

 better under good cultivation, grows 

 four feet, flowers bright pink, in bloom 

 August and September. 



Monarda didynia. Scarlet Bergamot, 

 and Monarda purpurea, Purple Berga- 

 mot, both very good and useful peren- 

 nials, growing three feet, in bloom July 

 and August. 



Mertensia Virginica, Virginian Cow- 

 slip, a great favorite, blooming through 

 May and the first of June, 18 inches high, 

 blue flowers. 



Phlox, can be got in 100 varieties, 

 any shade of color desired. 



Asclepias tuberosa. Pleurisy Root, 

 grows two feet, flowers orange yellow 

 during August and September. 



Alstroemeria Simsii, Chilian Lily. 

 Where this plant thrives there is nothing 

 prettier, flowers lily like, yellow with 

 dark veining, in bloom during July and 

 August, height two to three feet. 



Tritonia, formerly called Montbretia, 

 can be procured in a half-dozen varieties 

 yellowish flowers, resembling small glad- 

 ioli, grows two to three feet, bloom 

 in August and September. 



Gladiolus communis. This is the 

 type, or wild one; it is quite hardy, and 

 should be grown by all lovers of flowers, 

 blooms much smaller than the present- 

 day hybrids, in bloom in June, flowers 

 reddish purple. 



Iris can be procured in a hundred 

 varieties, but I prefer the Japanese and 

 German varieties, Germans in bloom 

 in June, Japanese in bloom in July, all 

 shades. 



I would highly recommend the violas 

 or tufted pansies to be grown more ex- 

 tensively. They are nearly as large as 

 the common pansies, and sweet scented 

 like the violet, and in self colors. They 

 can be secured in many named varieties, 

 and bloom more freely than the pansy, 

 Make the bed half leaf mould and the 

 other half sandy loam with a good 

 sprinkling of sharp sand, mix well, and 

 sow the seeds thinly where they are to 

 bloom in the spring. 



Every person wants to grow a few 

 liliums. My choice in variety is Lilium 

 candidum, Lilium Isabellinum, Lilium 

 speciosum, var. alba, var. rubra are good. 

 To grow them successfully they must 

 be planted at the foot of a north sloping 

 bank, shaded on the south side with 

 trees, plant about one foot deep, never 

 let the frost get at the bulbs, rather 

 cover them with boards, tin or any 

 material to turn the water from them 

 in winter. Give the lily bed one or 

 two inches of a mulch of leaf mould. 



Taking everything into consideration 

 I am well satisfied with the steam spray- 

 ing outfit used in my orchard. It is 

 rather heavy, but with a good team of 

 horses and wide tires does not cause 

 much trouble. Compressed air outfits 

 have to be loaded too often, and gaso- 

 line are a little uncertain. I prefer the 

 steam, but the gasoline may be so im- 

 proved they will ultimately prove the 

 best. (D. J. MacKinnon, Grimsby, Ont. 



