326 Calendar of Plants and Shrubs 



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

 month of JWay to October, inclusive. By the Conductors. 



In the month of .July, a larger number of herbaceous peren- 

 nials are in flower than in any other during the season; and where 

 there is not a good collection, the flower border presents rather 

 a barren and uncheerful appearance to the lover of Flora. Roses 

 and spring flowers, generally, are gone, and annual flowers have 

 not yet come into bloom, with the exception of a few early ones 

 of not a very showy character. By fall planting, which we have 

 several times recommended, and which we now again remind our 

 readers of, as the season is rapidly approaching in which it should 

 be done, many kinds of annuals will bloom much finer than if the 

 planting of such was delayed until spring. We hope those of 

 our readers who are desirous of adorning their gardens with an- 

 nual flowers in the earlier part of the season, will not let the op- 

 portunity pass by. 



The plants in pots, distributed on the lawn or on the borders, 

 will now have partly made their summer growth. Hydrangeas 

 will be in full bloom, and when the specimens are large, and cov- 

 ered with numerous clusters of flowers, they present a showy dis- 

 play. Lemon and orange trees, if loaded with fruit, have a fine 

 effect. Petunias of the two kinds, phoenicea and nyctaginiflora, 

 planted in vases and elevated on pedestals, as recommended in 

 our last, have an imposing appearance, and are unique in their 

 kind. But we have some remarks to make on the suitable varie- 

 ties of plants for vases, which we shall give at some future time. 



July. — Of shrubs in flower, there are the Azalea viscosa, 

 /Sipiras^a laevigata, //ypericum Kalmidnwrn, Magnolia glauca, the 

 smoke tree and honeysuckles; and other kinds, which were enu- 

 merated last month, remain in bloom: the herbaceous plants, 

 which are numerous, are as follows: — Gentidna crinita and cru- 

 ciaita, the former beautiful: Campanula carpathica, azurea, ag- 

 gregata, nitida, medium, Trachelium pleno, liliflora, sarmatica, 

 coUina, persicaefolia, p. flore pleno and flore pleno albo, Lorrejfi, 

 and eliptica. Phlox rosea, carnea, Sheperdi fimbriata, pyrami- 

 dalis alba, p. penduliflora, and unduKita pumila; all these are 

 elegant, particularly rosea and fimbriata: Veronica neglecta, hy- 

 brida, spuria, elegans and spicata pumila: Delphinium grandiflo- 

 rum and grandiflorum flore pleno: Gaillairdm aristata, in flower 

 all summer: OEnothera glauca, raicrocarpa (splendid), Frazeri 

 and grandiflora, Coreopsis Atkinsonidna, tripteris, and lanceo- 

 lata; the latter extremely fine: <Spira3^a lobata, ulmaria and ul- 

 maria variegata, Epilobium spicatum, Polemonium cajruleum 

 and caeruleum flore albo: Coronilla viminea, Dracocephalum 

 repens, and altaiense, Astrantia major, Pentstemon diffusum, ova- 



