September io, 1890. 



Garden and Forest. 



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with rough re vol u ted edges. The plant is very branching 

 and when in a good situation attains a height of six feet or 

 more. The flowers have a dark disk and bright, almost 

 orange-colored rays. It is later coming into flower than any 

 other species in my garden. 



The pretty Cone-flower (Rudbeckia bicolor) has been in 

 blossom since July. This is a showy species trom Texas with 

 a dark cone-shaped disk and almost orange rays. It is not 



flowers make a fine show during the last half of summer. 

 And now several species of Golden Rod are beginning to add 

 their graceful plumes among them. But the wild flowers at 

 this season are not all yellow. The pretty little rare Coreopsis 

 rosea is blooming among the Polygalas. This has rose col- 

 ored rays and yellow disk. It commences to bloom about the 

 1st of August and continues in flower a longtime. And some 

 shrubs of the sweet scented Clethra are still in blossom. 





The Clark Elm, Lexington, Massachusetts. — See page 458. 



much above a foot in height, but is very branching, and the 

 flowers remain fresh a long time, the rays finally withering 

 without falling. It is an annual and from all appearance will 

 remain in flower until frost. 



Polygala Intea, with heads of bright orange about the size of 

 Red Clover, has been in blossom all summer, and is still beauti- 

 ful among the Ferns and other low growing plants. 



The yellow-fringed Orchid [Planthera ciliaris) is just pass- 

 ing out of flower. It has been charmingly beautiful and 

 stately among the wild Lilies and Ferns. All these yellow 



Pancratium coronariicm, a member of the Amaryllis familj 

 and a native of the southern states, has proved hardy here and 

 has just bloomed finely. As a pot piant it did not do very 

 well, so several years ago I turned it out in the open ground 

 to shift for itself, not knowing that it would survive our win- 

 ters. For two or three years it showed only leaves during the 

 summer, but now toward the last of August it sends up a tine 

 flower scape surmounted with four delicate white fragrant 

 flowers which remain perfect several days. The divi- 

 sions of the perianth are long, linear and spreading, and the 



