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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



September 24, 1008. 



A NEW TUNICA. 



Tunica Saxifraga rosea liore pleno is 

 a dwarf -growing hardy perennial of re- 

 cent introduction, useful in a variety of 

 ways for decorative purposes. As a mar- 

 ket plant, either in pots or clumps, it 

 will probably become popular and it is 

 a gem for rockeries and borders. The 

 double pink flowers appear in May and 

 keep up a succession of bloom until the 

 autumn. The foliage is a bright green, 

 resembling a saxifrage of the mossy sec- 

 tion. It grows and flowers equally vvell 

 in sunshine or shade, but does not like 

 too much moisture; it stands the winter 

 well. It was exhibited at the Ghent cen- 

 tennial and is sent out by the Royal Tot- 

 tenham Nurseries, Dedemsvaart, Holland. 



BEDDERS FOR DRY PLACES. 



Plants that flourish and produce an un- 

 interrupted succession of bloom during 

 long periods of drought without artificial 

 watering or assistance are extremely valu- 

 able, more especially in districts where 

 the rainfall is small, or where consider- 

 able labor is involved in watering. Hot 

 and dry positions, where the sun shines 

 with all its strength during the greater 

 part of the summer day, exist in most 

 gardens, and may well be planted with 

 the subjects under notice. 



From time immemorial the antirrhinum 

 has been known to excel in this direction. 

 These plants have been prominent in the 

 van of floral progress, and we now pos- 

 sess a large number of exquisite varie- 

 ties. The rose-colored and pure white 

 varieties are fine, and few plants surpass 

 them for beautiful effects when em- 

 ployed for bedding purposes. Petunias, 

 too, are superb dry weather plants, 

 and flower with far greater freedom in 

 a comparatively poor and dry soil than 

 in heavily manured and moist ground; 

 in fact, under the last-named conditions 

 over-luxuriance is produced at the ex- 

 pense of the floral display. I have seen 

 dry banks planted with petunias, with 

 splendid results. 



The same remarks apply to nasturtiums 

 of all sorts, and how infinitely superior 

 are the new and named kinds to the old 

 varieties! Cloth of Gold is strikingly 

 beautiful, with rich, golden foliage and 

 scarlet flowers, which are thrown well 

 above the leaves; Silver Queen has white 

 and green foliage, and is a great beauty. 

 The French marigolds must be included 

 in this category, and the more refined 

 varieties of comparatively recent intro- 

 ductions are fine garden plants, and lend 

 considerable brilliance in late summer, and 

 until cut down by frost. The bold and 

 aggressive African marigolds seem in- 

 capable of withstanding a long and con- 

 tinued drought, but verbenas call for 

 attention, and it is interesting to note 

 that they have to a great extent regained 

 their old popularity. Such beautiful va- 

 rieties as Defiance and Miss Willmott 

 have done much to bring this about, and 

 surely we have few plants to surpass 

 them as carpeting material, to say noth- 

 ing of their value in pots, vases, hanging 

 baskets, window-boxes, etc. 



Zinnias behave splendidly under dry 

 conditions after their roots have pene- 

 trated the soil deeply, but bold and 

 showy as they are, they cannot lay claim 

 to being artistic in any sense of the term. 

 The portulacas are second to none for 

 dry spots, and in my younger days, says 

 a writer in the Gardeners' Magazine, 

 they were universally cultivated, the most 

 exposed and dry positions being allotted 



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