White Kerria should be Fall planted with label 

 stakes marking the places where the pink Fox- 

 gloves are to be put in, in the Spring. 



CYTISUS— Golden Laburnum Pendula 



When we see this drooping, graceful mini- 

 ature tree at flower shows, some of us believe it 

 is not for the open, but must be grown under 

 glass or in warm climate. But it is really an 

 especially hardy tree. The weeping racemes of 

 golden flowers and the glistening foliage against 

 a background of somber green make it most 

 valuable in securing high light effects. There is 

 an enormous Gaillardia, entirely new, without a 

 vestige of the mahogany tone and which blooms 

 continually all Summer. It is Lady Rolleston. 

 If this new Lady Rolleston, Gaillardia gigantea, a 

 fine clear yellow, with a distinct crimson ring in 

 the center, is massed all about the weeping Cy- 

 tisus, how glowingly lovely as a vista or great 

 planting this would be ! They are both positively 

 hardy with first Winter protection. Another good 

 Cytisus, for seashore gardens particularly, is Cy- 

 tisus scoparius (Scotch Broom) when planted with 



