July 27, 1892. 



Garden and Forest. 



355 



Royal Botanic Garden at Glasnevin, Ireland, I saw a most 

 beautiful bed of these plants. At a distance it looked like a 

 bed of dwarf Azaleas. Some of the species in this collection 

 were Tricolor, Aurantiaca, H:emantha, Simsii, etc. 



Alstroenierias can be grown either from seed or by division 

 of the roots. . The young seedlings require to be grown under 



it adds another to an altogether too small a list of dwarf Hare- 

 bells which will endure our severe winters. C. rotundifolia 

 holds its own well and sows itself freely. It is a charming 

 rock-plant, around which much sentiment clings since it is 

 the true Blueliell of Scotland. C. gargarica planted this spring 

 is blooming nicely, l)ut it will need to be lifted in the autumn, 



Jafiflft«BiS»«fet^i^^-?i&J£R'S-'-^ .'Jt^t^'fmtA 



Fig. 60 The California Locust (Umbellularia Calitornica). — See page 349. 



glass for some time until they are strong before planting them 

 in their permanent positions. 



Botanic Gardens, Cambridp;e, Mass. 



/?. Cameron. 



The Harebells.— Campanula abietina bloomed on our rock- 

 garden for the first time this spring. It is comparatively new, 

 from eastern Europe, and is a neat tufted species, with airy 

 panicles of violet-blue flowers. It is particularly valuable, as 



or we shall lose. This and its hirsute variety are often grown 

 in pots, and may be commonly seen in cottagers' windows in 

 England, suspended, their trailing branches sometimes hang- 

 ing one foot or more. 



Wellesley, Mass. 



T. D. H. 



Abortive Strawberries.— One cause of the formation of " nub- 

 bins" in Strawberries is, undoubtedly, lack of pollen. At the 

 Cornell Station several Strawberry-blossoms were fertilized, 



