1889. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



293 



D (/ Bulbocodium (Spriiiy 



Meadme Saffr(m) 



vernum purple Mar., April 



D C'allirhoe involucrata 



iCrimson Malhiw) June,Sept. 



i Caltha (.Vnis/i ilavi- 



i/iiltl) paUistris yeUmc Apr., ,Tune 



B Caiupanula in var. 



carpatioa Uue. u'?i ((c.June.Sept. 



piimilia hhie, ii'dffc. June, Aug. 



Ii rerastium ^Mou>te rar) 



var wliite May, July 



D y Cliinorlo.Ya (Glory of 



»if .SH(:>i(')LuciUie.sh!/b!Mf,i(')ii(c.Apr.,May 

 r (^olchicum (A-utumn 



('rnnts^ autumnale 



single ami iioubIe.i/urp(t',i('/iiU\ Aug.,(_)ct. 

 Bii Convallaria Lily nf 



the Valley U'h He May, Juue 



i j ('ornus Canadensis. . . white June 



All Crocus vernus(Di((c/i I 



in various colors Mar., May 



sativus {Saffroii)..pui-ple Oct. 



h Cruoianella(Ci'OSSU'ort) 



in var rose June, Aug. 



* Cypripediums (Lady 



Slipper Orchid!!) May, July 



A Dianthus (Maiden 



Piiih^ deltoidcs piuk, white .June, Sept. 



plumarius (Garden 



Pinli) pink, white. .. June 



Draba (Wriitlow 



Oranf) in var. . . ..yellow Mar., May 



D Epimedium (Barren- 



uxirt) alpinum — yellow May 



macrantluim whitish May 



t' Erauthis hyeraalis 



(IVinter Aconite).. yellow Mar., April 



D Erythronium (Dog's- 

 tooth Violet) yelloiv April 



B II Galanthus(Siiou'rirop)u'7ii(e Mar., April 



l> (ientian (Karroie- 



leavcd Gentian) 



angustifolia deep Wiie 



(' .1 HelleborusCTirisfmos 



Rose) nigre white. . . . 



li i Hepatica (Liverwort) 



triloba blue, etc. 



double blue, etc . . 



B Iberis (Perennial Can- 

 dytuft) in var u'Mte April, May 



Df hamium (A rchangle). white, ptirple May 



£> g I.ieucojura vernum. . .white, green . . March 

 )■ . Linmva (Twin flower) 



borealis fleah June, July 



li Lysimachia (Money- 

 wort) numraularia.yeHou' May, June 



!/ 



1/ 



.Oct., Nov. 



.Dec, Mar 



April 

 April 



h O.xalis (Wood Sorrel) 



violacea r(o!ef Ma.> , June 



A Phlox (Mom Pink) 



subulata lose, white.. April, May 



other creeping sorts A pril..Tune 



B Primula (Polyanthus) 



clatior in var lilac, crimson, 



IjeUow, efc. April, May 



nivalis i('/ii(c May 



vulgaris u'/ji(e, purple, 



,>m!p?i!(r,f (cVpril, May 



H Pulmonaria (I/»)i()i'''"'" 



maculata blue May 



)i Ranunculus niontanus.,i/dl«i<' April, May 



Bf Sanguinaria (Blood- 

 root) canadensis. . white April, May 



(' / Saxifi'aga corditolia 



var rose April, June 



B g SciUa (Sym'Usl in var. blue, white.. Jiay, June 



h Sedum;(D!»or/)in var. yellow, white, 



rose June, Oct. 



Dh Silene (Sea Pink) 



maritima white June. .\un. 



h Pennsylvanica ( H'i'ld 



Pink) pink April. May 



D g Sisyrinchium Bermu- 

 dianum (Blue-eye 

 grass) blue June,'Sept. 



D grandiflorum ((eep piirp/c April, May 



/ Thalictrum minus 



var. adiantifolium May, June 



n (1 Thymus aureus (Gol- 

 den Thyme) purple June, July 



micans June 



< Tiarella corditolia white May, June 



h Tunica saxifraga pink July, Sept. 



( Veronica ali>ine Speed- 

 well pale him. July 



/> h Vinca minor in var. 



(Periwinkle) blue, ii'?ii(c..Api-il, May 



B <■ Viola in var (Vioiets) .blue, uhite, 



yeUow April, June 



(To he Continued.) 



A TALL SUNFLOWER— Hc(iaii(bj(,« oryyaliii. 



< Muscaria botryoides 



(Grape Hyacinths).blue April, May 



alba white April, May 



comosum(Fea(/ier- 



ed Hyacintli) 6!i(e May. June 



D.i Myosotis (Forget-me- 

 not) blue. (t'/jj7e. April, June 



Dg Ornithogalum (S(ar 



of Bethlaheni) um- 



bellatum white May, June 



Strawberries: Planting and After 

 Culture. 



M. B. FAXON, SUFFOLK CO., MASS. 



This month thousands of new Strawberry 

 patches will be put out in home gardens, 

 and with proper care may be relied upon to 

 give a moderate crop next season. The 

 statement made by many over-zealoiis ad- 

 vertisers, who promise a full crop next 

 spring if their pot plants are set, should be 

 taken with a grain of allowance. For, it 

 must be remembered that a plant, even if 

 all the roots are intact, receives a great 

 shock to its growing powers, for the time 

 being, whenever it is moved, and 1 have yet 

 to see any autumn-planted bed produce even 

 approximately a full crop the next spring. 



I have tried potted plants at different 

 times and from various sources, and can- 

 didly I do not believe they are worth the ex- 

 tra cost. Nearly all growers use a mixture 

 in potting which if not clay is of such a 

 nature thatj when the plant is "thumped" 

 and shipped to such a distance as to become 

 dry, the ball of earth becomes about as hard 

 as a cobble stone. It is, of course, worse than 

 nonsense to put out the plant in such a con- 

 dition. So one is obliged to soak out the 

 ball in order to release the roots, and after 

 this is done what better is the plant than a 

 good layer rooted in the ordinary way, and 

 carefully taken up!' Certainly if mellow 

 earth was used and the plants could be 

 shipped in the pots or packed so as to keep 

 the earth intact there might be advantages. 



A few years ago some one, (I think it was 

 the late E. P. Roe) offered plants rooted 

 in smaller boxes, a cheap article was used 

 for the purpose so they could be shipped 

 with the plants. I bought a few and they 

 did splendidly, but the plan must have 

 proved too expensive for no other grower 

 has taken it up. The paper pots would 

 hardly be durable enough. Some one f)Ught 

 to invent a package for the purpose. 



VAiiiETiKs. The number of new varieties 

 offered each year is bewildering. If each 

 new introduction of the past ten years had 

 been a trifle of an improvement over its 



predecessors, we should have come in pos- 

 session of the perfect Strawberry long ago. 

 These newcomers must, however, be receiv- 

 ed and tried as they appear, for this is the 

 only way to make any advances or improve- 

 ments. I am often asked to recommend 

 two or three varieties for the home garden 

 but I don't always mention the same ones 

 as there are several of each class in which 

 there is but little if any choice. The Cres- 

 cent is a good early berry: so is the Downing. 

 The two should be planted together any- 

 way as the former is pistillate. .Sharpless, 

 Belmont, Cumberland, and Bubach are as 

 good as there is, and if I were asked to take 

 my pick I hardly know which it would be. 

 The .lewell I certainly ought to mention as 

 it is one of our best berries, a large cropper, 

 good size, shape and flavor. 



Cahe IX Pl.\xting. Xext to good plants 

 success hinges upon proper care in setting, 

 indeed, 1 might say that this is the chief 

 point of importance, as the best of plants 

 carelessly put down will not give satisfactory 

 results. The secret of the whole matter is 

 to avoid getting the crown below its original 

 depth, and to press the soil firmly about the 

 roots. Unless the ground be very wet, it 

 will do no harm to walk along on each side 

 of the row clo.se to the plants which will ac- 

 complish the purpose in a thorough manner. 

 The first winter is the hardest experience 

 that a newly set bed usually has to go 

 through, as the soil is mellow and the frost 

 can more easily throw the young plants out 

 of the ground. To avoid this, a mulch should 

 be applied right after the first severe cold 

 spell. For this purpose nothing that I have 

 ever tried is as good as evergreen boughs, 

 as they are so light as not to smother 

 the plants and will hold the snow admir- 

 ably. Salt marsh hay is perhaps next best. 

 Rye or other straw is also good, or for that 

 matter anything of a similar character. 

 But never use sawdust even as a summer 

 mulch. Its nature is cold and sourand will 

 breed ants and other insects by the million. 

 Shavings are not desirable either, though 

 better than sawdust. If Pine or other 

 boughs are used as a winter covering, it is 

 best to use .straw or something similar in 

 the spring to keep the berries out of the 

 sand and hold the moisture. 



Landscape Gardening in High- 

 Colored Foliage. 



[Paptr bii Wm. MiMillazi, Sujierintendent of the Buf- 

 falo Parks, before the American Society of Florists.! 



I^andscape gardening is a subject that 

 embraces a very wide field, only a small 

 corner of which is occupied by the florist; 

 an ornamental landscape is not merely a 

 composition of choice trees, shrubs, grass 

 and flowers, but includes as weU every inor- 

 ganic element of nature embodied in the 

 scene. The ' lay of the land '—to use a fa- 

 miliar phrase-is in a double .sense the ground- 

 work of the composition. This includes 

 every form or feature which the earth's 

 .surface presents to us, from the flat plain to 

 the beetling cliff, every variety of hill and 

 vale, ridge or dell, bare rock, sterile sand, 

 or rich soil; and also water, flowing or still, 

 of whatever volume, large or small. Even 

 the atmosphere must be included as a part 

 of every landscape, for the scene varies with 

 every variation of sunshine or shade, dim 

 haze or clear sky, still air or stirring breeze. 

 The lights and shades of a landscape paint- 

 ing are carefully studied, and whatever is 

 appreciated in the copy is surely of greater 

 value in the original. 



In the embellishment then of any grounds of 

 sufficient extent to have a distinctive landscape 

 character, the gardener must take into account 

 all the impressive and attractive natui'al elements 

 of the place. The general aim of his work will 

 be to make a harmonious combination with the 

 dominant characteristics which nature has 

 already stamped upon the site. He will seek a 



