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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 19 18 



Connie Dick, hardy Pompon, 

 color yellow. (Totty) 



inches. Isabel Stovel (Hybrid Decorative) -Crinkley petals, 

 twisted at cuds to point. Color lemon yellow, strong stems. 

 Photo 1 natural lize, Heather Brae (Hybrid Cactus) —Pale terra 

 cotta lightening t" t.iwn .it rips, deeper in centre; 7 to S inches. 



1 Decorative) — Long curling petals, bloomi 

 average 8 to inches; color, dregs of wine, lightening to burgundy 

 jt tips Prof. F. II- H'tll (Hybrid Cactus)— Ground worlc 

 white, overlaid and suffused with rose from the lightest to the 

 it shade; light reverse showing in tips of curled twisted 

 tubulai petals; full t<> enure. Sister Theresa (Decorative) — 

 Color sulphur white shaded to pale green incentre; dwarf grower. 



A fVw new English Ex- 

 hibition Cactus Dahlias are 

 available in: 



Phenomenal, with flowers 8 to 9 inches 

 across; very much incurved twisting and 

 curling in a tangled way; color pale 

 salmon with a golden glow. Topaze, a 

 large, broad and deep flower. Color a 

 peculiar bluish rose; "the English de- 

 scribe it as almost weird." Patriot, very- 

 dark scarlet; bush dwarf and branchy: 

 stems long and strong, holding flowers 

 up facing. (Tate.) 



Newcomers Among Carinas 



TT WOULD seem that this 

 "■ showy bedder is finding a 

 receptive publicif the number 

 of novelites be any index. 

 While appreciating that Can- 

 nas are popular bedding 

 plants because of their mas- 

 sive, compact growth, it is 

 ever the desire of the breeder 

 to get the flowers away from 

 and above the foliage. Thus 

 we find Dreer introduces 

 Carmine Beauty with the 

 specific claim that "its deep, 

 carmine flowers are freely 

 produced high above the 

 heavy, dark green foliage" 

 which is narrowly margined 

 red. Others noted from the 

 same source are: 



Cheerfulness, with fire-red or deep 

 orange flowers, appear with golden bor- 

 der and centre, each petal flaked carmine- 

 crimson; 3J ft. Cloth oj Gold, a compact- 

 growing, free-flowering golden yellow; 3 

 ft. Dazzler, clusters of deep fire-red flow- 

 ers coupled with compact habit of plant; 

 adapted for bedding purposes; 3^ ft. 

 Golden Eagle, intense golden-yellow; up- 

 right grower with large flower clusters 

 well above the foliage; 4$ ft. Har- 

 mony, Geranium-red flowers in clusters 

 and substantial trusses; carmine-bronze 

 foliage; 3^ ft. Poppy, intense Poppy- 

 red; florets in good trusses over greenish-bronzy foliage; 5 ft. 

 Salmon Queen, rosy-salmon scarlet, blending to a rosy-carmine 

 toward the centre; substantial flowers are carried well above 

 heavy green foliage; 5 ft. Superb, bright orange-scarlet blos- 

 soms and glaucous-bronzy foliage; 5 ft. Sensation, pale rose; 

 foliage glaucous-green; the plant dwarf and compact; 3 ft. 



The house of Burpee comes to the front 

 with Fiery Cross, larger than Firebird, of 

 which it is a seedling; enormous heads, of 

 a color almost that of Fiery Cross Sweet 

 Pea. 



Other Bedding Plants 



A S COLORFUL plants, for spectacular 

 ** display in summer effects the multi- 

 colored and variously formed Crotons, so- 

 called, have a definite place. They are used 

 as dwarfs and keep up a kaleidoscopic bril- 

 liancy of hues through the summer. Several 

 new comers from English sources are offered 

 by Dreer. As bedding plants they are delight- 

 fully different from the ordinary and effec- 

 tively light up corners and places under the 

 shade of trees. 



The time honored Zonal Geranium cannot 

 be forgotten — indeed its many, very many 

 merits justify its popularity, yet strangely 

 few people realize the rich assortment of 

 colors offered in modern types. California 

 plantsmen are developing new strains and 

 we are offered the Floradale Strain with 

 the promise that it holds many surprises 

 in shape of unusually bright foliage effects 

 (Burpee). 



A Nineteen Year Old Novelty 



AN ILLUMINATING example of how 

 ** long it takes to get floral novelties ready 

 for general distribution is given by Brand's 

 New Peony Old Silver Tip. The seeds from 

 which it developed were sown in the fall of 

 1899 — 19 years ago! It first bloomed in 



Beatrice, Single Decorative; old 

 gold. (Godfrey-Totty) 



Midnight Sun, Incurved; me- 

 dium dwarf; very deep yellow. 

 (Smith) 



Liberty Bond, Incurved ; creamy 

 white. (Smith) 



Mrs. W. Dennis, 

 anese; pink. 



Reflexed Jap- 

 (Wells-Totty) 



Betsy 



Representative new Chrysanthemums 



A spurless Columbine, or Aquilegia, around which certain 

 misty legends of origin wrap some degree of charm 



1904 — 5 years later. Since then, it has been 

 under constant observation as to its "be- 

 havior." It is now claimed to be "the best 

 silver-edged red in cultivation." Color madder 

 rose, ends of petals distinctly silver tipped. 



Flowering Shrubs and Hardy Plants 



TN REPLY to one of our letters comment- 

 A ing upon the seeming scarcity of really 

 new plants we are in receipt of a very illumi- 

 nating reply from a prominent eastern 



nurseryman reading in part as follows: "I 

 have, for instance, a number of Wilson's 

 (Chinese) shrubs which are not offered yet. 

 I do not think I have tested them long 

 enough to warrant including them in your 

 review. I am extremely careful not to 

 mention anything about which there is any 

 doubt, especially regarding 

 hardiness in this climate, as 

 I think it highly important 

 that people should be given 

 the facts." It is a pleasure 

 to record this conservative 

 attitude of this responsible 

 nurseryman, for the letter 

 is but typical. The nursery- 

 man is often blamed for 

 what he does not do and 

 more rarely is not credited 

 for what he does in experi- 

 ment and research. 



The Elm City Nurseries 

 have devoted more than six- 

 teen years to properly test- 

 ing, studying, fixing and pro- 

 pagating an entirely new 

 form of Japanese Barberry 

 which differs from the uni- 

 versally known typical B. 

 Thunbergi of being of dis- 

 tinctly compact growing, up- 

 right shape, with foliage of 

 a more dainty character. 

 The new Box-Barberry, as 

 it is called, will hardly fail 

 of marked appreciation as 

 soon as sufficient stock be- 

 comes available for broad 

 distribution. 



Satisfactory progress is re- 

 ported from Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries in the testing of 

 many additional novelties 

 first brought to this country 

 by Mr. E. H. Wilson from 

 Western Chin a . Among 

 those which the past season 

 have proven of broad, gen- 

 eral adaptability are: 



Meconopsis inUgrifolia — Yellow flowers; should be grown in 

 a shady position. (The story of the flowering of this plant 

 was told in The Garden Magazine for November, 1917.) 

 Meconopsis Wallichii — Pale blue flowers on stems three feet 

 tall; of easy culture. Astilbe Salland — A six foot tall variety 

 of great beauty; immense plumes of reddish flowers and foli- 

 age. Spirae Veitchii — Of much value for American Gardens 

 and may become equally as important as Berberis Thun- 

 bergii or Spiraea Van Houtteii. Berberis diaphana — Medium 

 height; bushy nature of growth; attractive green leaves, turning 

 scarlet in autumn. Fruit coming in autumn is rather larger 

 than Barberries most commonly used; scarlet color. Enkian- 

 thus perulatus — Deciduous shrub of slow growth; dislikes 

 limestone soil; develops into a bush shrub of medium height. 

 Valued for its flowers which appear in drooping umbels in 

 May. Virburnum Wrightii — A tall growing shrub preferring 

 well drained soil. Large single white flowers; numerous clusters 

 of brilliant red fruit in fall. Viburnum, tomenlosum var. ro- 

 tundijolium — A large growing rather closely branched shrub 

 presenting much the same appearance as the parent form, 

 but leaves are broader, almost round. Blooms about two 

 weeks earlier than tomentosum and the autumn coloring is 

 more brilliant. Pyrus (Malus) zumi — Never flowered here 

 but Prof. Sargent says it is one of the handsomest of the Asiatic 

 Crabs. Lonicera multiflora — Upright growth, with good dark 

 green foliage; vigorous grower and of easy culture;, yellow 

 fruit. 



Calluna vulgaris var. Searlii (Moon) is a 

 Scotch Heather of rather erect nature of 

 growth and more hardy than some kinds that 

 have been better known; has attractive light 

 pink flowers. 



Another claimant for attention in the garden 

 border is the reputed bigeneric hybrid Clema- 

 tiquila (Wolcott) which though not absolutely 

 new, having been offered in the English trade 

 these many years, merits mention because of 

 the interest attached to the claims of its sup- 

 posed origin — a hybrid between a Clematis 

 and a Columbine. It is in fact, however, a 

 spurless variation of an Aquilegia. 



Ross, Incurved 



(Smith) 



white. 



