THE GARDENERS 
ITEA VIRGINICA. 
s direction as one hoped for. Itea virginica, 
е flowers in July and August, and that 
fact adds much to its value. The illustration 
A CERTAIN — in the genus Itea has been gives an excellent idea of its character. It is 
revived in ent times by the appeara a a deci s sk sually ab a yard high 
new uid муд hina, І. ilicifolia, ап ever- which renews itself by sucker-like growths from 
een bush with ag nag m not - the base in t hion as m piraeas 
ticularly hardy. But the 1 whi Its narrowly oval leaves are 3 to 4jin. long on 
ch 
flowering spray is illustrated зү 30), although 
utroduced in 1744, is still scarcely known in 
Fic. 30.—1TEA VIRGINICA : 
gardens generally. As a favori пер for the 
cooler parts of the ei it is 
ron. 3b inese species 
mere novelty 
probably reniy people who 
inted with I. virginic 
flower during the second half of the year. 
Chinese exploration has not done so much. in 
the virgin shoots. e flowers are borne on 
the terminal part of the year- -old shoots, appear- 
[Photograph by E. J. Wallis. 
FLOWERS, CREAMY-WHITE. 
ing at the end of short, leafy twigs. They are 
crowded on ganic racemes ain. to 6in. Ye. 
pretiis w fra; M eac eh flower being. about 
iin. ide. po Ow 
In its Eee habitat go ор the 
United 8 Itea virginica is usually found in 
moist or oem ‘ватру situations, pem A uide уа- 
tion it до уй wr ж good, deep, loam: 
soi. The plan pagated by рр 
eet in Tay, pe К ыс ge old specimen: 
ing. 
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CHRONICLE. 
PLANTS UNDER GLAS 
ock, Gardener to the A of 
By ое WH 
CC. 
BUCCLEUCH, ‚ Dali ith Palace, Midlothi 
erpe arnations.—The ied m nts, IMHE 
establish in thei кейс. ts, should bel 
lightly and sufficiently staked. Crowding of they, 
shoots be permitted, but 1 
flowers ly winter, stop the 
last time. Weak liquid manure applied to 
roots once a week will b 
and the 
be ааыа ао 
Ferns for Winter Decoratio: 
nee Wh 
eatum, use good, fresh l 
addi Eo some ag sand ay 
manure, and grow them х9 
atmosphere. уе К that were potted ii in th - ce 
early spring, and are to be used e € as ро йз should 
и ral 
plan 
purposes, should be 
more light, as after this treat 
ME remain fresh for a Jong tim 
Afford t 
capita of liquid m 
Gypso ele ca 
grown in pots, will vids most useful specimé 
for indoor ation. Fro 
August plants will flowe 
6-inch pots and a compost 
u 
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ing house or conserv 
flow 
LOWER pex Eh 
By Н. Мавкнам, Gardener to the of STR 
Wrotham Park, eu на 
- Evergreen Shrubs.—Smal! shrub 
removed from the flower beds 
should, if ng 
Syringe them 
attacks re г m and other 
Her мы Borders.—Notes 
should nade 
and failures before the 1 
of successes A 
р their bot and any alterations to : 
f nother year should settled at oncesi 
t the 
E 
is far better to: take notes ^ 
entirely on mem ab a later d 
Delphini a the stems well $ T4 
to tet ap red Good varieties may hy, 
raised from seeds sown as soon as ripe, in SN 
t 
[оше ог the seeds ты be ke 
sr 
—Where 
ао музы mix 
eds Dahlias 
improved in recent years. 
have beem 
They are 
