Gardening for Amateurs 



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good loamy character, although they also 

 thrive in light material, providing it is well 

 manured. Good positions for Lilacs will 

 readily suggest themselves for they are 

 suitable for the shrubbery, lawn, or pleasure 

 grounds. 



A few good kinds for general planting 

 are : Abel Carriere, blue, double ; Alphonse 

 Lavallee, double, bluish ; Charles X., single, 

 red ; Souvenir de L. Spath, single, red, 

 very fine ; Marie Legraye, single, white ; 

 President Carnot, lilac, large ; Mere Micheli, 

 lilac, double ; alba grandiflora, single, white, 

 fine truss ; Michael Buchner, lilac, double ; 

 Madame Casimir Perier, very fine truss, 

 white. The Persian Lilac, 

 Syringa persica, a shrub 

 which grows from 3 to 

 5 feet high, with many 

 slender branches, is well 

 fitted for small gardens. 

 Its deliciously scented 

 lilac blossoms appear 

 with great freedom to- 

 wards the middle of May. 

 Another useful kind is 

 the Rouen Lilac (S. 

 Chinensis). 



Tamarix tetrandra 

 (Tamarisk), and T. 

 gallica produce a pro- 

 fusion of pinkish blos- 

 soms in May. They are 

 excellent shrubs for the 

 seaside, and may either 

 be grown as large bushes, 

 small trees, or in hedge 

 form. Any sort of soil 

 suits, and propagation is 

 by cuttings of hard wood 

 during autumn. 



FLOWERING IN JUNE, 

 JULY AND AUGUST 



Aesculus parviflora 

 (Small Chestnut) is a 

 shrubby Chestnut which 

 blooms during August. 

 Growing from 5 to 10 feet 

 in height, it forms a 

 spreading bush, adding 

 to its width by means 

 of growths from the root- 



stock. The leaves are similar in shape to 

 those of the Horse Chestnut and the white 

 flowers are borne in large upright spikes 

 6 to 9 inches long. It grows well in ordinary 

 garden soil, and may be increased by 

 division. 



Glerodendron Two or three kinds of 

 Clerodendron bloom during August. One 

 of the best known is C. trichotomum, a 

 Chinese shrub, growing from 10 to 15 feet 

 high. It produces large heart-shaped leaves 

 and flattened heads of white fragrant flowers 

 with reddish calyx lobes. A second sort of 

 considerable merit is found in C. Fargesii, 

 which also bears white fragrant flowers. 





Standard of the white Lilac Marie Legraye. 



