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fyramidalis, American senna (cassia), lilies in numerous 

 species, Clematis tubidosa, cone -flower (echinacea), 

 globe-thistle (echinops), epilobium, Japan iris, mallow 

 {Malva moschata), dragon's-head, Spircca pabnata 

 and ve?iusta, ]'alc]-ian officinalis, bocconia, Galtonia 

 Candida, everlasting-pea, hollyhock, asclepia. 



Flowering in August and Later. — Shrubs: Plumed 

 hydrangea (//. panictilata grandiflora), oak-leaved 

 hydrangea, purple bramble [Riibus odoratiis], althaeas, 

 double and single (hibiscus), mist-tree {Rlius cotinus), 

 Chinese tamarisk, trumpet-flower (tecoma), clematis. 

 Herbaceous Flatits : Crimson mallow, Campanida car- 

 fatica, autumn crocus, Dianthus deltoides, gentians, 

 hellebore, Sedum spectabile, achillea, allium, asters, 

 mist-flower (conoclinium), plantain-lilies, Lysimachia 

 clethroides, Oenotheras, Stokcsia cyanea, Acotiitum 

 autumyialis , Japan anemones, Veronica subsessilis, 

 Chelotie Lyoni, Desmodium pc7iduliflorum, eupator- 

 ium, vernonia, Euphorbia corollata, Caillardia cris- 

 tata ffrandiflora, Rudbeckia Nezvmaiiii, Chrysanthe- 

 mum lacustre, golden-rod (solidago), eulalia, Helenium 

 autum/iale, perennial sunflower, knotweed (polygonum). 



And now let us turn to an illustration of a real land- 

 scape, shown in fig. 6 on the opposite page — a meadow 

 which supports numerous trees and shrubs, lying about 

 one mile from the writer's home. The sketch is in no 



sense an imaginative one, but shows the place as correctly 

 as it was possible to do without a careful survey. The 

 area embraced by the diagram is about eight acres. The 

 growth is chiefly elm trees, willows, alders and elders, 

 the ground being somewhat marshy in character. 



What exquisite freedom is shown in the distribution of 

 the woody features of the area? Notice the bare stretch of 

 open meadow lying centrally and toward the water-front, 

 and the few heavy masses of trees and shrubs in view or 

 suggested — for that one to the extreme left consists of an 

 almost solid mass of shrubbery, extending nearly the full 

 width of the tract and for some distance beyond the 

 limits of the illustration. 



Given a park or ample grounds of such size and shape 

 to embellish, and who might not wish to transplant this 

 landscape just as it is to his domain ? And yet the land- 

 scape-gardener has great advantages over nature in work 

 of this kind. He can follow her matchless patterns in 

 grouping, but instead of confining himself to the few 

 species of trees or shrubs that may prevail in any given 

 spot, he can draw from many places in near latitudes 

 and in two zones the world around for a stock of beau- 

 tiful woody growths. 



It will be a fortunate day for landscape-gardening art 

 when our gardeners will draw their lessons as well as 

 their material largely from nature's own storehouse. 



FLORAL BEAUTIES OF OUR BOGS AND POxNDS. 



WATER-LILIES AND OTHER EQUATIC PLANTS. 

 (continued from April American Gardening.) 



HE only other species of nym- 

 phsa known to be indige- 

 nous to the United States 

 is the yellow water-lily of 

 Florida, first made known 

 to science in Audubon's 

 ' ' Birds of America, ' ' pub- 

 lished in 1843. He repre- 

 rents a swan swinging 

 among a lot of yellow 

 lilies, which he calls " N. 

 Jiava, Leitner," but gives 

 no description whatever of 

 the plant. Botanists for a 

 time regarded this lily as 

 a mere creation of the artist's fancy. Mrs. Mary Treat, 

 of Vineland, New Jersey, rediscovered this plant and de- 

 scribed it in Harper's Magazine for August, 1877. 

 Leitner, whose name was added to the name of Audu- 

 bon's lily, was a young German botanist, who collected 

 in Florida. He was killed by the Indians. The plant 

 found by Mrs. Treat was identified with Audubon's plate. 

 Undoubtedly the drawing was made from plants that 

 Leitner collected in Florida, although the swan repre- 

 sented with it has never been known so far south. 



Mrs. Treat says : "On my excursion in the rowboat I 

 was attracted to the nearest cove, where acres of water 



were covered by the beautiful variegated leaf of a strange 

 water-lily which bore yellow flowers. I saw it was a 

 cnymphaea, but its manner of growth and whole appear- 

 ance were so unlike our white water-lily that I knew it 

 must be a distinct species of which no mention was made 

 in the text-books of Gray or Chapman. The beautiful 

 leaves lie thick upon the water, and in May, when the 

 flowers appear, it is one of the grandest sights I ever be- 

 held. I have traced it about forty miles along the St. 

 John's river." 



In rootstock and its manner of growth Nympluva 

 flai'u is different from the white lily, although the flower 

 is similar. The root is upright instead of horizontal, and 

 is made up of scales like a true lily-bulb. They throw 

 out thready points at first, which proceed onward and 

 finally make young plants. 



Some dealers have advertised it as hardy. I tried to 

 winter a plant in the cellar and lost it. I planted a half 

 dozen in the pond one fall, but they never grew. I put 

 out several in the spring two years ago, only one of which 

 gave me any bloom while none were wintered, and I 

 bought another this year which shows no signs of life. 

 In order to amount to much they must grow where they 

 can remain through the winter, for their manner of growth 

 requires at least two years for their full development. 



The catalogues of various dealers describe many for- 

 eign species of nymphaea and others of garden origin. 



