ApRIL, 1908 
THE GARDEN 
MAGAZINE 
159 
Crested iris 
Japan Adonis 
JUNE 
Moss pink 
Carpathian bellflower 
Geneva bugle 
THE BEST LOW-GROWING PERENNIALS— Continued 
2 ki TIME OF 
COMMON NAME STANDARD NAME Broom | COLORS 
Carpathian harebell.| Campanula Carpatica-. July Blue 
July- 
Coral bells....-----| Heuchera sanguinea. -- Aug. Coral 
& July- ted 
Purple poppy-mal-} Callirhioc involucrata. - Sept Rosy 
NGWAwtEe ses Sc Sept.- crimson 
Hardy leadwort. . Ceratostigma plumbagi- Oct. Cobalt 
noides Sept.- blue 
Smoothish fleabane -| Ervigeron glabellus.... Oct. Lavender 
June- 
Napoleon III. pink.-| Dianthus hybridus, var Oct. Blood 
Napoleon III red 
WHY BEST 
Easiest to grow and most permanent low-growing member 
of the bellflower family. Six weeks of show. 
Long spikes of dainty coral red flowers appearing intermit- 
tently all summer. Long wiry stems. Attractive leaves. 
Flowers having the brilliant color and texture of portulaca, 
but 2 in. across. Blooms to or 12 weeks. 
Showiest low-growing hardy blue-flowered perennial for mass 
effects in autumn. Blooms naturally then. 
Presents a really good mass effect as late as the last week of 
October at Philadelphia. 
Fragrant double flowers in abundance over a longer season 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS, ETC. 
This is the only ever-blooming bellflower. It will give scat- 
tering bloom all the autumn. 
Likes sandy, well-drained soil. Propagate by dividing roots 
just after flowering. Varieties of other colors are inferior. 
Take care that its strong and peculiar color is not put near 
other colors. Surround with white. 
Puts new life into a garden. Not a mere left-over from 
summer. Blue set off by red. 
Flowers 1} in. across, lavender with white eye. 
pearance, but easily grown. 
After blooming freely all summer it gives a good mass effect 
Alpine ap- 
than any other variety of Dianthus. 
An inch across. 
at Philadelphia in late October after frosts. 
= majority, of the showiest flowers are not fragrant. 
them. 
March to September ? 
IV. PERENNIALS WITH FRAGRANT FLOWERS 
Notre — Have you fragrant flowers in your house and garden every month and every day? 
Remember that many, perhaps a 
Also, that the first thing a person does when you hand him flowers is to smell of 
Why not order half a dozen plants of each of the kinds mentioned below, so as to make sure of having fragrant flowers from 
Bee balm 
COMMON NAME 
Winter heliotrope... . 
California and Rus- 
sian violets 
White rock cress... . 
A few peonies...... 
Gas plants <e<(oy=<sys0 
Valerian. .......... 
Lemon lily .......-. 
Dwarf orange day 
ily > 
Scotch, garden or 
grass pink 
Fringed pink....... 
Sweet rocket....... 
August lemon lily... 
White day lily...... 
Lily-of-the-valley Peony Day lily Rock cress Violet 
STANDARD NAME | ODOR LIKE SEASON COLOR HEIGHT MERITS DIRECTIONS 
FEET 
Petasiles fragrans..| Vanilla. . .| Dec.—Feb. | Lilac.....]/ 1...... Blooms outdoors in winter and is fragrant, but} Flowers small and not pretty; hide among others. 
will grow in stiff and wet clays. Too weedy for garden. 
Viola odorata. ....} Violets....| March....} Violet.....]} 4. . California, a large single variety; Russian, double,| Better buy from nurserymen, as florists’ plants 
hardier than common sorts. may be less hardy. 
Avabis albida. .--.| ....5.--- April. .... MMntiCec dh etesoace | Best white April flower for carpeting the ground.) Usually misspelled alpina. The true A. Alpina is 
| _ Flowers small, 4 petals. inferior to this. 
Asperula odorata. .| Fresh hay.| May...... IWihite teres |ereeerse cee | Numerous small white fragrant flowers car-| Dried leaves fragrant. Used in Maitrank (fra- 
peting the ground among shrubs or under trees. grant Rhine wine). Excellent for edging border 
Convallaria maja-| Lily - of-| May...... White....| 2. Fragrant pendulous white bells in an arching] Plant all early spring flowers by March 15 to 
is the-valley raceme of utmost grace. Wants partial shade. get first year’s bloom. 
Paonia albiflora...) .......... Utes So White, rose] 24...... Fragrant varieties. White: Alba Sulphurea,| Blush: Delicatissima, Humeicarnea. Rose: Czari- 
crimson . of Wellington, Festiva Maxima. na, Paganini. Crimson: Victoire Modeste,Guerin. 
Dictamnus albus. .| Lemon Junes pee Wikitese cco lip2se cee Whole plant lemon scented. Very long-lived.| Light match above flowers on still summer eve; 
White variety prettier than rose-flowered. will flash at dusk. 
Valeriana  oofficin-| Valerian. June: Pinkishs <2) 3:/s.nc oc Minute pinkish flowers in flat clusters, 3 in.| Very easy to grow. Spreads rapidly. Scents a 
alis across. Spicy odor, Foliage finely cut. whole garden. ‘‘ Garden heliotrope.” 
Hemerocallis flava| Lemon....| June..... Vellow: 2.) 2.05.05. Best fragrant yellow flower of the lily type.| Has clusters of tubers like small sweet potatoes. 
Flowers 4 in. long. Easily multiplied by dividing these. 
Hemerocallis Du-| Lemon....| June..... Orangery |ieeeeeie Earlier and more vated than the common orange] No special care. Hardy even at Ottawa. Plant 
morliert day lily. Smaller but purer color. either spring or fall. 
Dianthus pluma-| Clove.....| May-June| Purple, | 1....... Most fragrant of all hardy pinks and most double] Needs perfect drainage. Best grown as edging 
Gio aoueaos on pk.,white varieties. Silvery foliage. for raised beds and borders. 
Dianthus superbus.| Clove.....| July...... IDE eee Re as Gene Natural complement of garden pink, blooming} Mix plenty of sand and grit in soil for drainage. 
later until autumn if not allowed to seed. Plants will live longer. 
Hesperis matrona-| Violet.:..| July...... Magenta 2s Beedon Long spikes of small, 4-petaled flowers which) Select a plant with geod lavender color and propa- 
ts white are most fragrant at evening. gate that, or plant the white kind. 
Monarda didyma. .| Balm..... July- Starleterss.j|e2etsc ici Herbage and flowers have odor of mint. Spreads} Gorgeous for distant mass effects, especially in 
? August rapidly. Flowers coarse; color splendid. woods. Easily overdone in borders. 
Clematis  integri-| .........- Ruby eeaereey= Blieseeser Docdeae Solitary nodding blue flowers, # in. long, cover-| Vat. Durandi taller and has JatRee flowers with 
POLO sie ies oiziel neve ing bush 2 ft. high recurved sepals. Hybrid with C. lJanguinosa. 
Hemerocallis Lemon August....] Yellow....| 4.......| August equivalent oa lemon lily, same color and} A foot taller; a few more flowers on a stem 
Thunber git fragrance. Flowers 3 in. across. | (8 to ro). 
Funkia subcordata.| Orange Aug.-Sept.| White....| 2...... | Lovely white tubes, 4-6 in. long. Broad leaves; | Var. grandiflora has even larger flowers. (7. 
| making large phe grandiflora of nurserymen.) 
