THE <;ardeners' chronicle of AMERIC I 
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paniculata, with its fleecy cloud of blossoms, but equally 
beautiful is the new double form, which is one instance 
where the doubling process has improved a plant's 
beaut). 
Heuchera's are among the most useful of small grow- 
ing herbaceous plants, and many are familiar with the 
beautiful scarlet. 11. sanguinea. Quite a few good 
hybrids have been raised recently, the finest of which is 
undoubtedly II. Shirley, which grows three feet high 
and has very large scarlet flowers. Pageant is also line. 
a strong grower, rich, bright crimson in color. Rosa- 
munde, Margaret, Firefly, Coralie, flambeau and Luci- 
fer shoild all be included. 
Heleniums are among the most useful of tall flowering 
plants too well known to need am reference, and I will 
only mention one, a new variety raised in this country. 
Tin's is Riverton (Sem, which has golden yellow flowers 
largely suffused with crimson. 
Everyone is acquainted with the old Day Lily, He- 
merocallis fulva, which is a decidedly ornamental plant 
for many positions, but for the select flower border the 
newer hybrids are superior. The most noteworthy of 
them are: Dr. Regel, with large flowers,- rich orange 
in color; Sir Michael, a beautiful soft yellow; Queen of 
May, a wonderful plant, three and a half feet high, deep 
orange colored flowers, often carrying eighteen on a 
single stem, and Iiaroni, with sweetly scented orange- 
yellow flowers. 
Incarvillea Delavayi and grandiflora are two remark- 
able new species from China, the former having deep 
rose flowers about the size of a gloxinia, and the latter 
is rich carmine in color with a yellow throat. These suc- 
ceed best in a position shaded from the hottest sunlight. 
Two desirable new Lupines of the polyphyllus section, 
both with rose colored flowers, are Lupinus polyphyllus 
roseus and L. Moerheimi, and an excellent variety of 
the double Lychuis chalcedonica is Cripps var, which is 
not affected by the sun. 
No plants, and certainly none of a bulbous character, 
have more devoted adherents than the Lilies, and though 
many new ones have been introduced during recent 
years, I do not suppose there are any so deserving of 
general cultivation as Mr. Wilson's Chinese introduc- 
tions. As these have been fully described in the press, 
I need not deal at length with them, but they cannot be 
too strongly recommended to those who desire good, 
hardy, vigorous-growing varieties. Henryi, leucanthe- 
nram, chloraster, Bakerianum and myriophyllum are 
additions to any flower border and succeed best in a good 
loamy soil with ample drainage. 
Another beautiful class of bulbs, second only to the 
Lilies of importance, are Montbretias, and these, by 
hybridizing, have been greatly improved of late. They 
will probably not prove so hardy in New England as the 
older varieties such as crocosmiaeflora and Pottsii, but 
it is a very simple matter to lift them and store in a cool 
cellar for the winter. Such varieties as Hereward, 
Prometheus, King Edmund, Norvic, Westwick, Lady 
Hamilton, St. Botolph, George Davidson and Lord Nel- 
son all have flat, open flowers, measuring from three to 
four inches in diameter and are produced very freely on 
strong branching stems. I do not know of any plants, 
unless it is the Florists' Pentstemons, which produce 
such a beautiful display through the summer and autumn 
months. 
Alonarda didyma is an old favorite in gardens, but it 
must give place now to a new variety with bright scarlet 
flowers named Cambridge Scarlet, which is dwarfer in 
habit but much more floriferous. Oriental Poppies are 
among the most gorgeous of May flowers, and who does 
not admire the gigantic blooms of Papaver Parkmanni ? 
A host of new sorts are now offered to us embracing a 
wide range of color, but 1 think the most desirable are 
Lad) Roscoe, Marie Studholme, Mephistopheles, Airs, 
rcrrv. fennie Mawson and Margaret. These should not 
he planted near the front of the border, as their flowers, 
though gorgeous, are rather fleeting. 
A remarkable plant from Central \sia. very closely 
allied to the Campanula's, which one seldom sees grown 
successfully, is Strowskya magnifica, but it well repays 
any care bestowed upon it. This plant should be given 
a sheltered position under a warm wall in a well drained 
loamy soil, and on no account disturb the roots after it 
has once become established. The flowers are of great 
size and vary in color from blue to rose and pure white, 
and under favorable conditions the stems will grow six 
feci high. 
Thalictrum depterocarpum is the most desirable of the 
family and is one of Air. Wilson's Chinese children. It 
has a profusion of rich rose flowers on slender stems 
live feet high and very elegant foliage. 
Tritomas, or Kniphofia, are not hardy enough to with- 
stand our New England winters unless amply protected, 
and I believe the best results are obtained by lifting and 
potting, unless one has a sheltered position in which to 
plant them. On the other side they are largely used and 
make most effective beds in well drained loam. They 
are so distinct and gorgeous in coloring that any extra 
trouble is well bestowed on them. A considerable va- 
riety of species and hybrids are now obtainable and I 
can strongly recommend Nelsonii and Macawani, two 
very dwarf free flowering plants. Triumph, the largest 
variety yet raised ; multiflora, Meteor, Chloris, Ideal and 
Corallina. The colors vary from the palest yellow to 
the richest scarlet and they present an imposing and 
beautiful appearance in the fall garden. 
The most useful of all herbaceous plants for produc- 
ing fine autumnal effects are undoubtedly Asters or 
Alichaelmas Daisies, and to some who are acquainted 
with the many wild species which beautify our New 
England woodlands it may seem unnecessary to draw 
attention to them, but during the last ten years a great 
deal has been done by cross fertilization and selection to 
produce varieties better suited for garden cultivation. 
The species to which the most notable additions have 
been added are Novi Belgi, Novae Angliae, Amellus, 
Cordifolius and Vimineus, but the best results have been 
obtained by crossing Novi Belgi and Vimineus. These 
produce small flowers in great abundance on long pen- 
delous branches right from the ground and for border 
decoration or using in a cut state there is nothing to 
surpass them. Nearly all the varieties to which I shall 
refer have been imported into this country and may be 
seen growing by anyone interested. Their light and 
graceful habit makes them exclusively valuable as pot 
plants, and anyone who has a conservatory to embellish 
cannot do better than utilize the small flowered varieties 
for this purpose. The Novi Belgi varieties are now very 
numerous, but I shall only mention two which are in ad- 
vance of all others, and these are Climax and Duchess 
of Albany. Both grow five feet high and the former has 
bright blue flowers with a conspicuously yellow center, 
and the latter is pale mauve, flowering from half way 
up the stem and not just at the end of the shoots, as is 
the case with many varieties. The best form of Novae 
Angliae is Airs. J. F. Raynor, which is only four feet 
high and has bright reddish crimson flowers two inches 
across. 
Aster Amellus is a species with large, rich, blue flow- 
ers and grows about two feet high. It is very useful for 
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