THE GARDENERS MAGAZINE. 



489 



GARDENS OF UNCOMMON 



PLANTS. 



Ortain pianU an* unfamiliar m 

 f^r^t local tiea, or perhapa it is more cor- 

 rrf-x to say that a plant which ifi uncommon 



• • }>e a household favourite 



nth, in which ita merits 

 i.« l i^^i hy first one grower, 

 To make a garden of rare 

 luon* >implo than it M»enifi, 

 Jll^t *'y rt-asitii of the prcvalcmx* of ^'••rtain 

 plants III ii iH'i^hlKiurhiMxl to tho cxchison 

 of oiiii <>f t*<|u«l, |M)^siMy KU{>4*rior value. 



lht» Mtes are numt important. t>ne Ijed 

 Uiotilii l>e hlh^l uith Tunica SHxifraga. a 

 I rofuiM' hl<K>ming, <iainty. pench-pink 

 railer. with foh'age ^imilnr to graju that 

 .1 iK often woe<led up from n Iwirder. An 

 rxrellcnt plant to aieMwiate with it in the 

 nn«**f<»ot-tall Sah'ia porphyrantlia. which 

 ban crimwm fk>wcr«. Another IhhI may 

 have rings of Pyrethrum Tchihnt< lMMvi in 

 it. a f<K>i apart. th«' inner h;|>a<v« IwMng 

 fi!'«Kl with tne yellow and tho verm i I on 

 FImiu'h PHilltbr^*l^h, res|M»ctively Cacalia 

 (^H^ itH'H and Cacalia aurea, lioth annuiiU 

 tliat grow rapitlly from mhhI. 



A ImwI of mix<H| Primula ol>c<mira proven 

 exceotiingly lieautiful ; a 8unny i>o^ition in 

 eMent'a). and a gcHxl <leal of ^and and 

 ertiffherl hrick nihhle should 1k» mixe<l with 

 the »oiI. The Im-kI effect is gained from a 

 IhmI that Kloi>eH gently to the mi<ldle, an 

 the plants tnen ran lie Ret only seven 

 inrhe« from row to row. ami the vivid green 

 foliage will m**et and overlap, leaving no 

 veistige of ground hy the end of summer. 

 The lavemier. crim*«on, nearly white, or 

 ros^fc vareti<*« can l>e owed f*eparately if 

 preferriMl^ hut all shade** harmonifie. 



Then a of the yellow dwarf variety 

 of the hieiinial Sweet Scahious makea a 

 charming novelty. If an acormipanying 

 plant is deHire<l. crimfwm or hronrx* foliage, 

 either for carpet or centrepifHV, will he 

 fouml most satisfactory. Calceolaria 



rug4)sa Queen of the North del'ghte^l everj' 

 grower last Year. The hahit is <lwarf, the 



dif- 



hfU another 



far 



I 



lit 



f*»Iiage a rich dark green, which especially 

 well ront rasts with the yellow hlo^som. 

 The Spider Plant. Clwme gigantea, prove*! 

 another favourite, suitahle for fine heds or 

 borders. It is a three-foot grower with im- 

 mense leave** an<l brnnchiiii: habit. 



A simple plant, just a hardy annual, cap- 

 able* of filling a lawn be<l excellently, ia 

 Chrysanthemum carinatum Silver Queen^ 

 The <h\<] feature of the flower is that the 

 disk is silvery, set among white petals with 

 pale yellow ring. In one most successful 

 ^'<*<1 it was given a centre mfiss of Strepto- 



'»lon Jamesoni. There are several kinds 

 <»f h :biscu« that are exce^xlingly valuable 

 as rare be<lding plant's, but )>robablv the 



suitable and attractive is Hil»iscu« 

 » riffa , which seldom exoefnls fifteen 

 ' * A in height, is \-ellow withd<H»p maroon 



ve a half-hardy annual that only requires 

 J lenty of sunshine and .t fairly 1 ght soil. 



White Plumbago can be put out during 

 summer against southern liouse walls, it^ 

 long branches securely tie<l up to trellis' 

 work or nails. The blue variety is. |>ei- 

 h^ps. more charming. Another ^fxwl 

 scheme is to locate these a foot or two away 

 from Ampelop.sis Veitchi, and tie the one 



Himber to the other, or as^fw iate them with 

 n background of the orm^z* 

 pjeolum tuberosum. 



Fx'^reniocarpus scaber. the CTiilian Glory 

 HoTier. will thrive out durinig summer, 

 f^ne original way to use it is a plant to each 

 f^amboo cane, .set half a yard apart at flu 



^'ack of some prominent l>order, Foi 

 narkahle colour show Lobelia Rorai I' 

 pie mar 



nd re<] Tro- 



form tho ground-work, or thr 

 deep blue varietv of Convolvulus 



A. 



minor- 



remarkable climbing ronvoli nliis i.*; C 



altJiiraidM, which hae may Moiaw amottg 



4ulver-markcMl I 



ENGLISH LEGISLATION AND 



For r<H*kerT adornmeflit profuae sow- 

 ings &houUi he made of the Blue Woodruff, 



Arpemone mexi- 



iv<' plaut, 



. Platv- 



PLANT DISEASES. 



Aspemila tietoaa aaurea; 

 cana, a one-foot, silvery, 

 with poppy-ahap^ crean. 

 atamon calif orn cum, a low 



trailer, mith 



grey 1c«v«*h and pMmix>M*-<^Jour«Hl fl*inerK, 

 ihape<! like C«Ja»dine«; CVdlomia cot^nnea, 

 tMiral-rcnl, 1ft. ; and th«« brilliant magenlM, 

 fttar-ahapad, little Kaulfuaj^ia k^^rmc^ina 



aiiMMi^^ the most important of ilir 



pai^rt^ nad ;it the conference held in oon- 

 j u not ion w t h t he Koyal I nternat ional 

 llort ieuh ural Kxhi liil ion wa> t hat hy Mr. 

 A. (f . L. Ho|f<»ri8, of the- Inlellig^enc^ Division, 

 liosrd of AgricuHune and Fi^lterieK. who 

 dealt with the aim of Fnglihh It^iKlation in 

 connection "Aitb pUnt diKc^ajtes. He umid : 



Although the importance of extirpating 



LAVATKHA '>I-Ii! \ 



J ■ ' 1 I 



t\ O W«' 



Tliere are mnn} , * !>< aiiiy 



of the colour'Hl-leaveii kai**. are unknown. 



The biennial cerise^mson CJilia coronopi- 

 folia invariably attracts attent on, while 

 Gypsophila elegans carminea is a delight 

 ulien iltiMiated with cream b«»goni«s. 



Arbours, pergolaii. or porcb^w should 

 loth<-<l with the pinky-white Polygonum 



and 



" 1 , L' 



been 



State has 



Haldschuanicum : the rnnou 

 pbanthus elegans, a haH-h 

 <louble Convolvulu** major 



pcfl 



ji't^ iiid the 



tak' -<»rving the liMlth 



of l,n^',ir.h i -r n^.iny years past^ legi»- 



lation on the subject of diseasen of jJants 

 IS of comparativf'ly recent date Many olbf-r 

 countries haro T>een earlier in ihr field, and 

 ha VP perhaf**- »'! ; tiirt r1 ^nr * b< r • lian it ha* 

 l>er n f on nd ^ rea ter 



pr»wcrs have ' 'mm<»nt, 

 the service ni in^iM<t^>i> »^ jiiig*r. and the 

 regulations m^T** dr.T»tir and wwwping. But 



ih\f^ nf'cd CM iirprise, nor lead a^y* 



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