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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1906 



On (he right a border of horned violet (Viola cornuta) 

 and white annual phlox, which blooms all the season. 

 White is always a safe color to use as an edging 



For the narrow informal path in the woodland, use 

 periwinKle (Vinca minor). It is evergreen, and grows 

 under the shade of trees where nothing else will. 



another desirable edging plant, delighting us 

 with its white, sweet-scented flowers until 

 late summer. As it is only propagated from 

 cuttings, it must be grown in the house dur- 

 ing the winter months. It reaches a height 

 of six inches. 



Lobelias, also charming when in bloom, 

 are less satisfactory for edgings, their flower- 

 ing period being rather short. The trailing 

 L. erinns is perhaps the most satisfactory, as 

 it flowers the entire summer. 



The feverfew {Chrysanthemum Parth- 

 enium) is another pretty edging plant, and as 

 it is grown from seed every spring, no garden 

 need be without it. When not trimmed, it 

 grows about nine inches high. The foliage 

 is yellow, but will become green later in the 

 season, especially when the flowers are al- 

 lowed to form. 



Alternantheras in all varieties and colors 

 are useful for edging, and submit to the sheep 

 shears better than any other plant. They 

 do not keep their brilliancy of color through- 

 out the entire season, and too much heat or 

 too much cold weather has an injurious 

 effect. 



When an edging of a light color is desirable, 

 no plant equals dusty miller {Senecio Cine- 

 raria, or Cineraria maritima of the trade). 

 Tt stands pinching well, and can be had in 

 height from six to sixteen inches. It has a 

 white, woolly foliage. Not very unlike this 



plant is the silver-leaved knap-weed {Cen- 

 taur ea gymnocarpa). Both plants are raised 

 from seed sown in frames or greenhouse in 

 late January or early February. 



FOREGROUNDS TOR SHRUBBERY 



Formal shrubbery groups or borders are 

 often improved by edgings of herbaceous 

 perennials or annuals. Some desirable 

 plants are: 



The Chinese bellflower {Platycodon grandi- 

 florum) forms a dense branching bush one 

 to two feet high, with blue or pale white 

 flowers often three inches in diameter. It is 

 a herbaceous perennial. The yellow day 

 lilies (Hemerocallis), grow one and one- 

 half to two and one-half feet high, with 

 grass-like foliage and yellow flowers. 



The pyrethrum {Chrysanthemum coccine- 

 um, or Pyrethrum roseum of the catalogues), 

 is one to two feet high, has finely cut foliage, 

 and flowers in red, white or intermediate 

 shades. 



The Giant daisy {Chrysanthemum uligino- 

 sum, Pyrethrum idiginosum), makes a stout 

 bush, four to five feet high, with light green 

 foliage and white flowers two to three inches 

 across, like those of the common wild daisy 

 of the roadsides. 



Nothing is superior to the pompon chry- 

 santhemums for late flower. The plants 

 grow from one to five feet high, and may be 

 had in white, red or yellow, 



For a low growing plant, with clusters of 

 delicate white chrysanthemum-like flowers 

 in summer, grow the pearl achillea or double- 

 flowered sneezewort, which attains a height 

 of from one to two feet. 



All through the summer until frost the 

 showy flower heads of perennial phlox will 

 make the border gay. The large clusters of 

 purple, white or red flowers can be had 

 at almost any season by cutting back the 

 successive growths. 



The red-hot poker plant {Kniphofia uva- 



A strip of grass bordering the walk is the most 

 practical edging. Back of this plant some dwarf 

 flowering plant. White rock cress (Arabis albida) 

 flowers successfully, if cut back 



rid), is a good subject for distant effects. It 

 has a somewhat ragged appearance when 

 near it. Its long, weak, narrow leaves arch 

 down to the ground. The fiery red flower 

 spikes, four to eight inches long, on stalks 

 about five feet long, are well known to all. 



Last summer I noticed a shrubbery border, 

 a straight walk edged with a. Cassia. It 

 was one of the prettiest edgings I have seen in 

 many a day. This Cassia must be taken up 

 in fall and cuttings made from it during the 

 winter. 



It can also be cut back and planted out 

 again the following spring. 



Candytuft is a valuable plant growing wild in any sort of soil. Flowers pure white 



