VARIOUS JUNE 
. Botanical ; Height : GE 
Color Hagley a oe Description Pe ee 
ing season. Easily cultivated. Prop. 
by seed or division. Any good soil, 
enriched with well-rotted manure. 
Some of the best vars. are: Kagarabi; 
(white shaded with color no. 41), 
Kyodat-san, Kigan-no-misao, Waku 
yako-ro Shippo, Samidare, Tora-odori, 
Oyo-do, Kumo-no-isho, Getsho-in, 
Mana-dsuru, white with golden centre. 
East Siberia; Japan. See Plate, 
page 269. 
Bet. BITTER- Lewisia Peculiar plant allied to Portulaca.; 2-4in. |June, 
38 & 44 |ROOT, rediviva Flowers, varying from deep rose to |Sun July 
or white |SSPATULUM white, 1-2 in. across, rise from a tuft 
of succulent leaves. Plant shrivels 
after flowering but is not dead. Prop. 
by seed and spring division. Moist 
well-drained soil. Mts. Western 
Uy Ss As 
1 spotted |WILD **Lilium Well known native species found in] 1-4 ft. ee 
brown, |YELLOW OR|Canadénse moist meadows and bogs. Spotted |Sun or 
11 to 14 |CANADA flowers with reflexed petals, varying |balf 
LILY from yellow to red, droop in a circle ;shade 
and surmount the graceful stems 
around which the leaves grow in 
whorls. Easy to cultivate. Charm- 
ing scattered among shrubs, massed 
in border or to naturalize. Bulbous. 
Prop. by offsets or scales. Light well- 
drained soil. Avoid direct contact 
with manure. Eastern N. Amer. 
Often 32 |TURK’S CAP|*Lilium Vigorous and picturesque species 24-5 ft. |June 
deeper jOR Martagon with turban-shaped fragrant flowers Sui 
MARTAGON |L. Dalmdti- | in lax racemes, varying in color from | 
LILY cum white to purplish red. Foliage decora- ; 
tive. Mass against high background 
in border. Bulbous. Prop. by off- 
sets, scales or very slowly by seed. 
Any light soil. Avoid direct contact 
with manure. Europe; Asia. 
Often 33 |MULLEIN = _|*L¥chnis Woolly plant with striking mullein- | 1-24 ft. June, 
brilliant |PINK, Coronaria like foliage. Flowers 14 in. wide, |Sun July 
DUSTY Agrostémma | varying from white to rich crimson, 
MILLER, Coronaria, form a striking contrast to the pale 
ROSE Coronaria silvery leaves below. Effective in 
CAMPION = tomentosa rock-garden or border. Prop. by 
seed. Any soil. Europe; Asia. 
Various |HERBA- **Paonia Peonies are perhaps the most beau- | 3-4 ft. |June 
CEOUS vars. tiful of perennials. The following is a |Sun or 
PEONY carefully chosen list of some of the jbal/ 
best hort. vars. in the market, double |shade 
or semi-double excepting in the Jap- 
anese vars. The flowers are large and 
handsome and the foliage effective. 
Beautiful plants for the border and 
especially striking for distant effects, 
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