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town gardens as well as proving an addition to garden borders 

 in the country. This was obtained by crossing a hothouse 

 Carnation of the ever-blooming type with a hardy garden Pink. 

 It is said that six years of this work, crossing and re-crossing, 

 were necessary to fix the type. As now grown this Carnation 

 has a delicious perfume and blooms practically all summer. 

 Just how hardy it will prove in the North remains to be seen. 

 Let us hope that it will turn out to be all that is claimed for it, 

 for if so it will become a most important acquisition. 



It would be a fine thing for gardens in general if their owners 

 would banish the old fashioned Veronica or Speedwell, for it 

 never was much better than a weed, and now that such splendid 

 sorts as Veronica longifolia subsessilis can be obtained there is 

 no excuse for growing inferior ones. A new variety fully equal 

 if not superior to V. subsessilis is called Blue Ridge, having 

 flowers of the deepest blue and a free blooming habit. With 

 Amethystine in the spring and Blue Ridge in the fall, no other 

 Speedwell will be needed in the garden. 



Although it has been possible for a year or two to obtain seeds 

 of Lychnis Arkwrightii, few if any plants have been offered in 

 previous seasons. A small plant bloomed in the garden last 

 year and it seemed to be all that is claimed for it. It is a cross 

 between L. chalcedonica and L. Haageana and the flowers have 

 deep, rich shades. 



Then there is the new Oswego Tea (Monarda) Cambridge 

 Scarlet, a plant with bright, deep red flowers which are fully as 

 brilliant as those of the Cardinal Flower. Those who like 

 brilliant scarlets in the garden will prize this plant. 



Blue is considered a more refined garden color, and the list of 

 good flowers having this color is rapidly being increased. A 

 spurless Columbine catalogued sometimes as an Anemone- 

 flowered Aquilegia, is being again offered — it is not new by any 



means, but is not well known The blossoms always attract 

 attention because of the missing spurs and the color is an attrac- 

 tive light blue. It will bloom very early if seeds are started un- 

 der glass in the spring. Then there are some new Aquilegias 

 known as Erskine Park hybrids, getting the name from the 

 fact that they were originated at Erskine Park, a famous estate 

 at Lenox, Mass. They are the result of repeated crosses made 

 between the best American and European varieties. They, 

 too, will flower the first year from seeds sown indoors in March, 

 but probably the better plan will be to start them in a coldframe 

 in June and transplant them in the fall to bloom the following, 

 year. The colors include blues, lavenders, whites, yellows, 

 scarlets, and pinks. 



It has long seemed strange that more generous use has not 

 been made of Montbretias and that hybridizers have not secured 

 greater development in the matter of size. Few bulbous plants 

 are more satisfactory for fall flowering. They make a splendid 

 addition to the hardy border and are unexcelled for cutting. 

 It is a matter for congratulation that a magnificent new type 

 has at last been put out. Probably this is the forerunner of 

 still greater improvement. Star of the East is a magnificent 

 flower and will prove a revelation to people who know Mont- 

 bretias of only the common type. Mr. George Davis, a famous 

 hybridizer, is responsible for the remarkable advance in these 

 plants. He has obtained several hybrids of great merit, but the 

 one mentioned is among the finest because of its strong growth 

 and the size of its blooms, which may measure three inches 

 across, putting them in a class with Gladiolus. The color is 

 an attractive bright orange with a lemon-yellow throat. Quite 

 naturally the price is high, but there are other new giant flowered 

 Montbretias which are much cheaper and yet which are far 

 ahead of the old fashioned flowers. 



A LATTICE GARDEN SHELTER 

 SEEN IN FRANCE 



E. C. STILES 



Landscape Architect 



DESIGNING suitable summer 

 houses or garden shelters for 

 private gardens, where the 

 erection of large stone or heavy 

 frame shelters would be altogether out 

 of place, has taxed to the utmost the 

 ingenuity of architects and garden de- 

 signers, and has given rise to many 

 curious and complicated little struc- 

 tures which are often entirely at var- 

 iance with the architecture of the 

 house, the size of the owners' pocket 

 book, and the general treatment of the 

 grounds. 



The accompanying illustration offers 

 a design which is simple in character, 

 moderate in cost, and easy of con- 

 struction. The design was taken from 

 a little garden in the suburbs of Angers 

 while the author was en route to 

 America. The floor plan is square and 

 all four sides are similar to the front 

 elevation, with the exception of the 

 doorway, which appears only on the 

 front side. The construction is light 



s'*'£ 



yet strong, as may be attested by the 

 fact that the original has withstood 

 the rainy climate of France for a con- 

 siderable period of years without any 

 evidence of repair, painting and other 

 upkeep. Constructed of cypress and 

 given two or three coats of good lead 

 paint such a structure will endure for 

 many years in our climate without 

 further attention. 



TH E materials maybe secured as per 

 this sketch upon consultation with 

 any mill working establishment, for be 

 it noted that the stock involved is all 

 simple, and of standard size, except 

 the turned ornament at the top of the 

 roof and the moulding or trim where 

 the roof joins the upright. 



A small structure of this type will 

 harmonize with any form of archi- 

 tecture and will be suitable in scale 

 to the suburban garden, and at the 

 same time not out of place in a larger 

 area. 



