1889. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



47 



THE COMPLETE GARDEN.' 

 X.XXI. 



BY A WKl.L-KXOWN IIORTICl'LTrRIST. 



{Continut'd from page 23.) 



CLASSIFIED LIST OP IIARUV FLOWER.S, 



rONTIKrEI). 



CI.ASS3. TTsnally from two to four feet In height. 

 Fur Key to SehctUin sec September Issue. 

 [Note.— B.V an error in i)roof rcmiiiitr, last 

 month, Cla^ - was described a9ombrae-in>? plants 

 " from one to three feet in height." it should 

 have read, " from one to two feet." Ed.] 



Ifame Color. Season, 



f Aca.uth\is{Bear'sBrecch) 



liurpk ete.Ju]y. Sept. 

 (J Achillea (Milfoil) 



maerophyllum — white June, Jul}' 



millefolium rosea, ruse July, dtt. 



ptarmiea fl. pi. able white July, Sept. 

 Aconitum {Monhshood) 

 B autumnalis . .pale blue... Sept. Oct. 

 Anchusa (But/loss) 



D Italica ItflW Wii< ..May, Aug. 



AnemoneiW imlFlower) 



r Japonica rosy jmjji/f Au(r. Oct. 



A .laponica alba {Hono- 



rine Jobeii white Sept. Oct. 



D Anthcricum Liliago 



{St. Bernard'sLilU' white . .May, Sept 



liliastrum major w/iite Maj'.Sept. 



Aquilegia (Cohtmbine) 



I! ch.vsantha golden June, July 



Artemesia abrotanum 

 iSnuthern-u'ooci) . . green, yellow 

 f Aruudinaria fol. var. 



(Ribbon Grass) 

 g Asphodelus l.il8p/io<JeJ) 



albus white... 



luteus yellow . . 



Aster (Stanvortt 



B Amellus I'toW purpteSept. Oct. 



Other species imrpk etc Sept. Nov. 



e h Astragulus (Mil}(Vetch)yell(rw etc .June, July 

 Ralsamita (Costmary) 



grandiflora yellow ..May, June 



HaptisiaAustralia(Fa!«e 



Iniligo) blue June,July 



y Brodiiea congesta — lilcK May, July 



Campanula Bell Flower 

 A persicifolia fl pi . double fth/eJune.Aug. 

 numeroussorts.. .bhie, white, 



etc June, Sept. 



C pyramidalis biucidftitejuly, Sept. 



D Cassim A mericanSenna) 



Marilandica :brigM j/cJtott'July,.Aug 



Catananche cajruiea. blue- June, Sept. 



Centaurea iKnapweed) 



dealbata. lilac June 



macrocephala yellow June 



Montana violet May, July 



Montana alba white May, July 



TJ Centranthus (Fa(cria»i) 



ruber red June, July 



ruber var albo white . . June, July 



C'helone Lyonii pink Aug Sept. 



obliqua albo icMte Aug'. Sept. 



Clematis erecta white . . June 



integrifoiia blue and 



white .. . June, July 



B tubulosa .purple July, Aug. 



Coreopsis (Tick-seed 



Su nfloieer) 



c lanceolata yellow Jul.v. Sept. 



verticellata yellow July, Sept. ' 



priecox yelloic ... Aug. 



li Coronilla varia fWiJd 



Pea) bluish June, July 



C Desmodium penduli- 



Sept. Oct. 



Aug. 



May, July 

 May, July 



rose 



florum 

 A Dicentra spectabilis 



(Bleeding Heirt) . .rosy crim«onMay,June 

 c Dictamaus (Fraxinella) 



fra.\inella alba . white . June, July 



fraxinella rubra rose. June, July 



c Digitalis (Fozgloi'e) .various .. June, Jul.v 

 C Doronicum caucasiuraydtow .. .May, June 

 Dracocephalum (/Va- j 



gons Head) 



D Kuyschianum .. . .purplish 



blue July 



A Echinacea purpurea 



(Cone Flower) reddish . July, Sept. I 



D Echinops ritro (Globe ! 



Thistlei ..blue July, Sept 



e Epilobium ( iViUow 



Berb) ... 



angustlfolium mogento.. June, July 



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Erigeron macranthus.piopfc . . . .June, July 



speciosa lavender. .June, Sept. 



Eryngium (Sea Holly) 



amethystinum .. rfecp Wuc July, Aug. 

 EupatoriumiSjiaJfciJooO 



ageratoides white .. . July, Oct. 



Euphorbia coroUata 



(Flou'cringSinirge).. white ....July, Oct. 

 Fritillari 



i m perialis(rro«)»iJm - 



perial) various .. April, May 



Meleagris (Quinea- 



Hen Flower) iiaruow . . April, May 



pudica (Golden Frit- 



illtnin ,1,11, ,ir \i.ril. May 



SPRING SNOWFLAKE Lcucojum Vemum. 



D 



.July, Aug. 



Funkia (Plantain Lily) 



Ciurulea blu^ 



Gaillardia 



B aristata grandiflora oranoe, redjuly, Sept. 

 B Gladiolus in sorts ..various ... 



Helenium Hoopesii orange . June, July 

 Hemerocalis (DayLily) 

 A SaYa(l'eUowDayLily)lemon .June, July 



C in variety various June, Aug. 



A i Iris Ka;mpferi (Japan 



Iris) variojis July, Aug. 



A Lilium ( Lilium) 



in variety Dorioiw .... June, Sept. 



i e Lobelia eardinalis{(7or- 



dinal Flower) scarlet ... .July, Sept. 



Lychnis ( Campion ) 

 B chalcedonica in va- 

 riety various — June, Sept. 



e Lysimachia thyrsiflorayei'iJU' July, Aug. 



Malva (Mallow) 

 C moschataalba . white . July, Sept. 

 D alcaea (Garden Mal- 

 low) rosc-pi/rp/eJuly, Sept. 



Morenii rosy blush June, July 



Monarda didyma (Os 



wego Tea) scarlet. . . July, Sept. 



Paeony Herbaceous in 



large assortment — various. ..May, July 

 Papaver (Perennial 



Poppy) in variety . scarlet, etc June.Aug. 

 Penstemon barbatus scarlet. July, Sept. 

 Phalaris<('anary Gra.ss) 

 arundinaiia picta . 

 Phlox, Herbaceous va- 

 rieties . . ..various 

 Physostegia ( Dranon 



Head ) 



virginica reddish 



Polygonatum (Solo- 

 mon's Seal) .. . . 

 multiflorum .. white . 

 Pyrethrum (Feverfew) 

 single and double. .red, white 



B 



June, July 

 -July, Sept. 



July, Aug. 



May, June 



I 



etc June, Oct. 



Ranunculus (Crowfoot) 

 C acris 11 pi (Douh'c) yellow. .. May, June 



Salvia (Saae) 



various Zj/ue etc .. June, Aug. 



c Solidago (Crolden Rod) 



various .yellow. . July, Oct. 



Spinea (Meadoio Sweet) 

 B anincus(GoatBread)white etc June, July 

 C fllipendula fl pi i(7ii(c . June, July 



A palmata rosy crim- 

 son ... July. Aug. 



ulmaria white .. July, Aug. 



C venusta rose July, Aug. 



Statice latifolia . .. b «« .. July, .\ug. 

 Symphytum (Comfrey) 



f asperrimum blue ...May, June 



/ officinale fol var lilac, red . . May, June 



Thalictrum (Meadow 

 Rue) 



e several species white May, July 



Tricyrtis hirta white purple.Sept. Oct. 



C Valeriana officinalis 



(Garden Heliotrnpe). whitish. . .June, July 

 Veronica longifolia... vio'et.. ..July, Sept. 

 A f Yucca fllamentosa 



(Adam's JVeed(e,Spa- 



nish Bayonet) white July 



(To he Ojntinued.) 



Naturally Crown Chrysanthemums 

 for Exhibition. 



Mr. J. Doughty, an English expert Chrys- 

 anthemum grower recently gave to the 

 National Chrysanthemum Society's Con- 

 ference his experience in the treatment 

 of plants grown for the production of ex- 

 hibition flowers. Much depends upon 

 the strength of the plants, the firmness 

 of the wood, and the treatment they have 

 hitherto received, says Mr. Doughty. 



Suppose that the plants have been 

 well cultivated and are now strong and 

 healthy, so that the wood is well solid- 

 ified, and that they have their buds in 

 various stages of development. The ap- 

 plication of a rich top dressing is a 

 matter of the greatest importance. We 

 top-dress our plants at the end of .Inly or 

 early in August, a space of two inches 

 being left at the final potting for this pur- 

 pose. About an inch of the material to be 

 used is placed upon the surface of the pots 

 and pressed down rather firmly, the ap- 

 plication being made when the soil in the 

 pots is moderately dry, so that it does not 

 work into a paste. The mixture used for 

 top dressing consists of one part of loam, 

 one part of decayed manure, a small quantity 

 of old mortar, and a sprinkling of bone meal. 

 For some time afterwards the plants are 

 watered with a can, to which a rose is affixed 

 to avoid the risk of the top dressing being 

 washed out of its place, or, indeed, being 

 greatly disturbed. WTiatever feeding the 

 plants may have had previous to this sur- 

 face dressing should be continued after- 

 wards as the top-dre.ssing has no immediate 

 effect nnless a fertilizer of quick action be 

 added to it. But the action of manure that 

 will act rapidly, I do not think real neces- 

 sary, although I used it previous to last year. 

 Now if the surface material be examined 

 about three or four weeks after its applica- 

 tion, strong healthy roots will be found 

 working their way through it, and when the 

 time arrives for housing the plants, the sur- 

 face will be seen to be more or less covered 

 with these healthy, vigorous feeders. If 

 prolonged dull wet weather sets in, manures 

 must now be used more sparingly, so as not 

 to cause too quick a growth, or the flower 

 stems will be weak and the blooms lacking 

 in substance. We use fertilizer at the rate 

 of about one ounce to each plant of the 

 strongest growing varieties, such as Fair 

 Maid of Guernsey, Graudiflorum, Maiden's 

 Blush, Princess of Wales and its sports, and 

 the Queen family. The latter I consider 

 the greatest feeders of all. In the case of 

 weaker growing varieties, such as Meg Mer- 

 rilles. Criterion, Jeanne Delaux, Lady Har- 

 dinge and Mrs. W. Shipman we use the 

 manure more sparingly, about % ounce to 

 each plant being a very suitable quantity. 



This rate of feeding is continued after the 

 formation of the flower buds, with an occa- 

 sional watering with liquid manure from 

 the cess pool, as an occasional change of 

 food is, I believe, very beneficial to them. 

 The water used is previously placed in a 

 large tub standing in the open, fully exposed 

 to atmospheric influences; hence it is main- 

 tained at a somewhat similar temperature 

 to that of the soil about the roots. As a still 

 further assistance to the plants, a bag con- 

 taining soot is placed in this tub. This bag 

 is refilled with soot about once a fortnight, 

 and the goodness is found to be washed out 

 of the soot in about that period. The plants 



