JCWH 8, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



i29 



THE PERSIAN LILAC. 



Tho po|MiIarity of iho (\iiniiion Iiila<' (8y- 

 rinpa vulsnriH) him! iim numerouH varietiM 

 ratlw^r ovt*r«ha<!<>uH llu* virliu»« of IIm* mor%^ 



iowlv P<MHian liliw ; yt't for Kiiiall kiuiIimik, 



and for ewtain iMwiittonii in larg€> gardens 

 also, S. porsim naa nnu^h to cvunni^nd it. 

 Really oKl l>nMhert aro riiroly more than six 

 feet hifili, whilwt plantit ten or twelve year* 

 old may not Im» mono than a yard or four 

 feet in Insight. It isoaaily diatinguihhed by 

 it*i tliin. i^rufi'fiil hranHivs, from which a 

 profusion of friigrant lilo»-HoniK appear in 

 May. It may l>e <le^pend<Ml on to hioom 

 more fre<»ly an<l regularly than K. viilgaria, 

 for it seUhmiH happi^nR that a full <Top of 

 flowera i» not pr«Khir<Hl Requiring no 

 Bpecialculture, it grown well in light, loamy 

 soil, and may b© allowe<l to grow year after 

 year without attention, no pruning being 

 abRolutely nece«gary, and when any is done 

 it should take- the form of a I ttio thinning 

 rather than hard rutting back. F"or ahrub- 

 bery planting, and alno for maaaea in oon- 

 apicuous poaitiona, it is admirably adapted, 

 whilat 8|>erimeiui groim in pota or tuba are 

 excvlU'nt for conafonratory decoration in 

 spring. In addition to flowera of the ordi- 

 nary lilac c'olour, a variety may be ol>- 



tained which bears white blooms. 



W. D. 



FRAGRANT BORDERS. 



A largo garden should oontain two bor- 

 flera of scented planU and flowera, one 

 consisting of siieciea that are fragrant all 

 <lay long, the other devoted to thoso only 

 poasestkLiig evening perfume. The ImWi 

 poaitions for theae will be, rei^pertively, 

 cloae to the Ikium* windows, an^i around a 

 summer abelter that is murh uae<i as a 

 smoking-rcNun. The i^mall gar<ien can ael- 

 dom contain more than on«% lM>rder of sw«M*t 

 scent, hut thia can be ma4ie very <b'liphtful 

 aa well as lovely. 



Tobacco Plant* and Vorbonas 



are richly per fumc^l after sumlown. 

 although tiiey may bo include<l as day- 

 scente<l flowers also. It ia noteworthy that 

 the Nicotianaa do beat in thia resp<»ct when 

 in ahade or semi'ahade. but to give tbeni 

 thia it is not neoewiary to inflict ahadow 

 upon other ]H»rfumed plants that would 

 not do aa well then. A short hedge of 

 awert briar put behind the tobacco plant 

 group, with a buah of gorse and one of 

 gcdden bro(»m at each aide, will make a 

 ihmdr nook, unleaa the lK>nler faces due 

 aoutn ; if it does, the right plan is to grow 

 ft quintette of pillar nmo^. a fmit apart. an<l 

 the interlaces! side branchea will aha^le a 

 maaa of nicotianaa behind. 

 Evening primroaea can be atmiUrly 



Arranged for, mad the gro«iiid mwn laviahly 

 with night^mtitid itodca. Biennial 

 scabiouses should be largely reliwl upon for 

 bright colour; the roae. terra-ootta, and 



ones are extra beautiful, while the 

 o^'ip nmroon haa tbe beat **muskateer" 

 ■cent. Mignonette ought to be repreeente<l 

 by many sort* kept separate, for tbe i>er- 

 fumes of the red, yellow, and cream-white 

 are noticeably different. Panaies and viola* 

 are now rerogn aed aa aepnted I have 

 always found the named violas fmldfinoh 

 and Anlwell f^Pm of great ralue. Violets, 

 primrn^* and r^>w*Iip* •ibouUl havp their 



Bold Planting: in Groups, 



or la rge M ret rbea of "carpeting ' is the right 

 tho<l. Individual planta dotteti about 

 should l>e given up in favour of concen- 

 tration of perfume. Spring bdlbous flowers 

 are of rourse. of noted acrai, Aod ao are 

 wallflowera^ but we may now have annual 



and winter-blwming wallflowers as well, so 

 that few montha aee the garden <levoid of 

 thea(4 blossoms. Clove ami l)order carna- 

 tiona and ninka charm uH)Ht when grown 

 together, their foliage IxMiig Uhmi so pleas- 

 ing ; a f«*w clumps of sweet ro<*ket can be 

 adde<l, to bloom with the pinka^ earlier than 

 carnat!oiia. Yellow tri^ lupins are invalu- 

 able. Phloxea are better avoi<le<l unh^as 

 tkey are obtained as cuttings, or divide*! 

 piec4^, fix>m varietii*8 known to bo really 

 aweet, aa distinct from aiokly in w^nt. The 

 cream-white Jacoba Lad<lt»r ha-s a delicioua 

 honey perfume. Oh title being PolenKUiiuin 



reconimcn<le<l . An un- 

 with an aromatic <Klour, 

 in<'heK tall, is (irendelia 



confortum mellitum, while others are rather c 



can l>e cordially 

 familiar flower, 

 yellow, eighteen 

 inuloidcK. 



Sweet Peas are Indi&pensablet 



so, too. are Kwe<»t Nultan^, st^K'kK, S<*hi»o- 



an<l 



heliotro|>ea should be plentiful, with niaiiy 

 kinds of scented-lea vtnl geraniums. Auri- 

 culas an<I <^loure<l cx)u<$lipK may be summer 

 aown to furnish foregrounds. Shrubs that 

 are ne*Hled will be Th<' Dapbnoi Mezereuni, 



and lilagayauHj the two last 



petalon Walkeri, alinon<i-s<'ent«Hl, cr 

 foot tall ; and sweet aK>suin. Petunij 



A'TT fine doH>^]p pyrclhrum with large rone-pink fl'«.^t•r^ 

 Hoval International Horticultural Exhibition. Mr < . \\ 



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May 22, 



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■ 1 ! ill \ I i;i ! Ti ■ . 



giant n o<h) * 



fair carpet*' 



l)av lilies arc iwiul jii '-uii <»r .sh;ule 



th 



beat be ng HemeroraHi*^ aurantiaca major 

 and HemerocalliK flava. The white (ioafs 

 Rue (Gakga officinalis an>aK and the Plan- 

 tain Isih (Funkia subconlata), the musk- 

 arv4ited llelphinium Brunonianum. 

 afvnted. erect-grawing Clematis David ana, 

 Cent«urea montana too, the orange As- 

 clepiaa tuberona, the rone-perfumefl double 

 rbincee paeoniea, Franonia Ortigat (rich 

 purple), Madame Furtado (roae^armine), 



,.iiM ustinus. TIhm.* i)!)wt 1 nums 

 liliefi. laveiKlfT. loMiri.'iiv. ^oiiiliern- 

 wfXKl. jasmines, an<l lionrvMnkicv Seats 

 should always be accKimpan e<l i-y at least 

 some groups of wvnt^^i flowers. M. H. 



"rABNATlONS. PiroTKKS, ANP FlXKS " wiU 



tell yon plainly fn.w to • ' ^iirite 



flowers to pprf*v^ion. Th<' u\m- 

 tr*ted with plai^-s of Wd^i i 

 planatory diap:ramj=i. Price 2s txJ ?f»'t i>\ (K>si, m 

 box. from W. H. and L. Collingndge. 



.n/i lia Al<^rs£7iaf«^ Street. London. 



