SUBTROPICAL GARDEN. 



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Fig. 87. 



plantings but merely asking- for a little ordinarj^ preparation of 

 the soil at first;, and yet they are merely grown as adjuncts even 

 in good gardens^ and in 

 many you can scarcely 

 find them. For every 

 quality that should 

 make a plant valuable 

 in the eyes of the 

 flower gardener^ they 

 cannot be surpassed by 

 any subjects that re- 

 quire expensive care 

 all through the winter ; 

 indeed we may say they 

 cannot be equalled by 

 any of such — a snfii- 

 cient proof that it is 

 not only those who 

 possess stoves, green- 

 houses, and glass-gar- 

 dens, so to speak, that 

 may enjoy the highest 

 beauty in their gardens. 

 A most satisfactory 



Anemone japonica alba. 



result may be produced by asso- 



ciating these Tritomas with the Pampas and the two 

 Arundos, the large Statice latifolia, and the strong and 

 beautiful autumn-flowering Anemone japonica alba. This 

 is peculiarly suited for association with hardy herbaceous 

 plants of fine habit, and should be in every garden where a 

 hardy flower is valued. 



Verbascum vernale. — Most of us know how very dis- 

 tinct and imposing are the larger Verbascums, and those 

 who have attempted their culture must soon have found out 

 what transient far-seeding things they are. Of a biennial 

 character, their culture is most unsatisfactory : they either 

 migrate into the adjoining shrubbery or disappear altogether. 

 The possession of a thoroughly noble perennial one must 

 therefore be a desideratum, and such a plant will be found 

 in the Hungarian Verbascum vernale. This is fine in leaf 



