AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



distinct from anything heretofore offered. It 

 has been produced by Pan Boddlepopsteritch, 

 the famous Polish Rumexist, who for this striking 

 novelty was awarded a first-class certificate by 

 the floral committee of the Royal Perfidical 

 Society at Oohiskeywitch. This is undoubtedly 

 the greatest gain in hardy perennials yet in- 

 troduced. It is a strong robust grower, the 

 lance-oblong or halbert shaped leaves forming 

 bold clumps of the most brilliant green, making 

 the plant a most striking object in any well-kept 

 lawn. The remarkable floriferousness and the 

 great size of the spikes of flowers compared to 

 the delicacy of the stem gives the whole plant 

 a lightness, grace, and elegance difficult to describe, 

 and makes it certain that it is destined sooner or 

 later to find its way into every garden. Begin- 

 ning to bear its graceful and airy heads of flowers 

 early in June, the stems are still completely 

 smothered with soft rosy pink blossoms when 

 the frosts of the coming winter have laid prostrate 

 all less hardy plants. A bed containing about 

 5000 plants of this variety eclipsed anything we 

 ever saw. We can convey but a faint idea of the 

 beauty and distinct warm coloring of this splendid 



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