290 Calendar of Plants and Shrubs 



Art. III. Calendar of Plants and Shrubs in bloom from the 

 month of May to October^ inclusive. By the Conductors. 



We continue our remarks under this head for the month of 

 June. The flower-garden, during this month, begins to make a 

 considerable display, by the successive blooming of the various 

 perennial plants and ornamental shrubs, among which the charm- 

 ing rose holds pre-eminence. By a judicious selection of kinds, 

 of this richest of all ornaments to the garden, a succession of 

 flowers may be kept up for upwards of a month. The finer 

 varieties of pseonies also display their magnificent blossoms in 

 June. 



In gardens, where there are green-houses attached, lemon and 

 orange trees, myrtles, acacias, and such shrubs, should be placed 

 in conspicuous situations on the border, or, if of spacious di- 

 mensions enough to embrace a lawn, they will show to most ad- 

 vantage upon that. Aloes and yuccas have a singular appear- 

 ance ; the former, with their thick fleshy leaves, and the latter, 

 with their stiff" and rigid foliage, contrasting admirably with the 

 surrounding plants ; if large specimens, and growing in hand- 

 some vases of the height of two or three feet, they are still more 

 attractive. The cultivation of plants in vases we hope to see 

 become very general ; in small gardens and spots of ground in 

 thickly settled towns, and, more especially, in cities, in front of 

 dwellings, where there is not room to cultivate the soil, plants 

 growing in vases elevated in the summer season on pedestals 

 above the railing, so as to stand in full view of persons passing 

 in the street, will add greatly to the decoration of such places, 

 and give them a cheerful character. In village gardens, highly 

 picturesque effects may be produced by placing such in situa- 

 tions where, unobserved in a general view of the garden, they 

 will, when its parts are more closely inspected, show themselves 

 suddenly to the stranger, and, by astonishing him with their ap- 

 pearance, interest him by their elegance and classic finish. 



But we have digressed somewhat from the course of our sub- 

 ject, and must again return to it. 



June. — The most splendid productions of the garden this 

 month are the azaleas, rhododendrons, laurels, andromedas, 

 magnolias, &.c. Of the species and varieties which are truly 

 desirable, we enumerate Azalea calendulacea, nudiflora, with 

 several of its varieties, particularly coccinea and rosea, pontica 

 and p. alba, lutea, pallida tricolor, &.c.: iJhododendron maxi- 

 mum, and catawbiense. Magnolia tripetala, and Andromeda 

 paniculata ; Kalmia angustifolia and latifolia are charming spe- 

 cies, and should be planted in every garden, however small. Of 

 the perennials and biennials which are in bloom this month, are 



