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CLIBRANS' HERBACEOUS AND ALPINE PLANTS. 
New, Rare, and Choice Herbaceous and Alpine Plants — Continued. 
S.\XIFRAGA GrIESBACIIII. 
A new and beautiful species introduced from Macedonia. 
POLYGONUM Baldschuanicum, a 
magnificent climber rising to a 
height of 1 8 ft. or more in a 
season ; the growths persist and 
become woody unless cut back 
by very severe frost ; leaves 
heart-shaped and exceedingly 
pretty ; flowers creamy-white, 
• and tinged with rosy-jjink, pro- 
duced in great profu.sion in 
axillary and terminal panicles 
from July until Autumn. A 
most attractive object when 
growing up the stems and 
branches of dead trees, long 
stakes, &c. An ideal plant for 
pergolas. i/-and i /beach. 
ROMNEYA Coulterl {Uunli Pofipy). 
See illustration on preceding page. 
A gloriously beautiful plant, the 
flowers, 5 in. to 6 in. across, of 
the purest white, with a centre 
of golden yellow stamens, petals 
beautifully crenulated. and deli- 
ciously perfumed. The beauty 
of this lovely ])lant is without 
parallel in its class ; foliage of a 
pleasing glaucous tint, deeply 
laciniated, and highly ornamen- 
tal. 
Strong plants, established in 
pots, I /-and i/6each. 
SAXIFRAGA Griesbachil (F.C.C., 
R.H.S.), valuable species from 
Macedonia. Foliage similar to a 
small growing s. Longifolia in 
close compact rosettes. The 
peduncles are about 4 in. long, 
densely hairy, and of a purplish- 
red tint, carrying a .somewhat 
crowded inflorescence of pur- 
plish-crimson flowers, distinct 
and novel. See Illustration. 
. Plants in pots i /- each. 
Guildford Seedling, a pretty Saxifrage 
forming a close, fresh green carpet and pro- 
ducing deep crimson flowers early in sum- 
mer ; charming for the rock garden. 6d. 
SENECIO clivorum, a new species from China ; 
flowers orange-yellow, produced in large 
heads, bold, handsome foliage ; fine for 
borders or the margins of streams, pd. 
If you have herbaceous plants, rather tender, or in poor soil, and it is thought necessary 
to mulch with manure, the greatest care must be taken in Spring with regard to snails and 
slugs. Frequently they do great damage to rising shoots quite unknown to the cultivator. 
If a mulched plant does not appear at the right time, an examination siioidd be made. If 
shoots with tops eaten off are found, the border should be dressed with air slacked new 
hme, or with soot, and the mulch removed, or turned under. 
If the .successful cultivation of Alpine and some varieties of Herbaceous plants be de- 
sired, there should be greater attention jraid to their requirements than is usually shown by 
making a hole in a level border and putting in the plant. An inexpensive and successful way 
of arranging, and one that may be made a pretty feature, in even small gardens, is to move 
off the good surface soil, from a secluded plot of ground, run one or more ]>aths 2 to 3 ft., wide, 
through it in an irregular form, and descending in some parts, as deep in the earth as the water 
level or the width of the sides allow for the removed earth being deposited on, without making 
banks too steep ; in other parts, running the walk over the high parts of the mound. The 
sides of the walk should be sloped to a pitch, so that there will be no slipping of the earth. All 
this can be done without stone if there is none available, although, the use of stone enables 
better effects to be obtained. Planned with a little taste, all aspects are available for plants 
requiring shade or sun, and damp and dry positions are also at command. Replace the 
good soil on the banks and mounds and as planting goes on, the varieties neetling peat or 
Umestone, &c., can alt have their needs supplied. 
