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HARDY BAMBOOS (Bambusa). 



Mr. Geo. W. Oliver has written the following cultural notes 

 on these plants especially for this book: 



"All of the Hardy Bamboos grow best where the soil is rich, 

 moist and well-drained. They do not thrive in stiff, hard clay. 

 During the summer months it is advisable to mulch small or 

 newly planted specimens until well established with a mixture 

 of leaves, moss, and manure. Especially is this the case with 

 plants which do not make very rapid progress for a season or two 

 after planting. The mulch should not be removed, but rather 

 added to on the advent of cold weather, and with species which 

 have been untried in any locality they should get protection over 

 the crowns in winter, because, while well-established plants 

 might prove perfectly hardy, those which are in the process of 

 becoming established are more likely to succumb to freezing 

 weather. During the growing period the plants should receive 

 an abundance of water. 



Bamboos require a sheltered position, that is, a place in which 

 the soft, tender shoots will not be whipped about by the wind. 



They stand out most strikingly with a background of almost 

 any of our native trees, with the possible exception of the willow, 

 the leaves of which, to a certain extent, are too much similar in 

 outline to give a striking contrast. Nothing is more effective 

 than clumps of Bamboos on the borders of ponds, lakes or the 

 banks of streams, especially where there is rising land beyond." 

 A urea. A distinct and beautiful species; grows 15 to 20 feci 



high, with straight yellowish stems and light green foliage 



$1.00 each. Large specimens, 6 to 7 feet high, $10.00 each. 

 Henonis. A graceful species, with 



shiny green foliage of dense growth, 



and much branched yellowish-green 



stems; 10 to 15 feel. §1.00 each. 

 fletake. A handsome evergreen spe- 

 cies; 6 to 10 feet high; large, deep 



green foliage. §1,00 each. 

 .Sirmni. Height, 15 to 20 feet, leaves 



8 to 12 inches long, erect, slender 



growth, branches in dense clusters. 



75 cts. each. 

 ViminaliS. A dwarf sort, 1£ to 2 feet 



high, stems zigzag, dark green, sheaths 



purple, leaves 2 to 3 inches long, 



about an inch wide, ovate in outline; 



a distinct variety. 75 cts. each. 

 Viride Glaucesens. One of the 



best; very graceful; stems yellow, fol- 

 iage blue-green; 15 feet. §1.00 each. 



One strong plant each of the 6 Bam- 

 boos for §5.00. 



Gypsophila Paniculata. 

 minute pure white flowers, forming 



>N theMakgin of one of ouk Lily Ponds. 



GYPSOPHILA. 



(Baby's Breath.) 



The Gypsophilas will thrive in any 

 soil in a sunny position, and on account 

 of their gracefully arranged large pan- 

 icles of minute flowers should be in every 

 garden; the new variety Paniculata 

 Fl. PL if cut and dried, will retain its 

 beauty for many months, furnishing most 

 attractive decorative material in this 

 shape. 



Acutifolia. A strong-growing kind, 



. attaining a height of 2 feet, with large 



panicles of small white flowersin July. 



Cerastioides. A most useful variety 



for the rockery, growing but 3 inches 



high, and producing from June to 



August small white flowers marked 



with pink. 



Paniculata. A beautiful old-fashioned 



plant, possessing a grace not found in 



any other perennial. When in bloom 



during August and September, it 



' forms a symmetrical mass 2 to 3 feet 



in height, and as much through, of 



a beautiful gauze-like appearance. For cutting it is 



Helentum Plimilum M." 



AGNIFICCM. 



exquisite, especially in combination with high-colored flowers. 

 Paniculata Fl. PI. The new double-flowering variety. {For description see New 



and Rare Plants, pages 174 to 17S. ) 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 

 Repens. An elegant trailing plant for the rockery, with clouds of small white flowers. 

 — Rosea. A delicate pink-flowered form of the above. 

 Price. Any of the above, except the new double sort, 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



Set of the 6 varieties for 85 cts. 



HELENIUM (Sneeze-wort). 



All of these are desirable border plants, succeeding in any soil in a sunny location with 

 broad-spreading heads of flowers, useful for cutting, each species covering a long bloom- 

 ing season. 

 Autumnale Superbum. Grows from 5 to 6 feet high, with broad heads of deep 



golden-yellow flowers during the late summer and fall months. 

 Bigelowi. Rich yellow flowers 2 inches across; July and August. 



Grandicephalum Striatum. Of strong, robust, erect habit, growing 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with flowers about \\ inches in diameter, in large, branching heads, of a deep 

 orange color, irregularly striped and blotched with crimson; July and August. 

 Hoopesi. Pure orange-yellow flowers, 2? inches across, and the earliest to flower, com- 

 ing in early in June and continuing throughout July; 2 feet. 

 Puitlilum Magnificum. A most useful summer and autumn-flowering perennial, 

 growing about 18 inches high and almost smothered with its golden-yellow blossoms. 

 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz.; §10.00 per 100. Set of 5, 60 cts. f 



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