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town gardens as well as proving an addition to garden borders 
in the country. This was obtained by crossing a hothouse 
Carnation of the ever-blooming type with a hardy garden Pink. 
It is said that six years of this work, crossing and re-crossing, 
were necessary to fix the type. As now grown this Carnation 
has a delicious perfume and blooms practically all summer. 
Just how hardy it will prove in the North remains to be seen. 
Let us hope that it will turn out to be all that is claimed for it, 
for if so it will become a most important acquisition. 
It would be a fine thing for gardens in general if their owners 
would banish the old fashioned Veronica or Speedwell, for it 
never was much better than a weed, and now that such splendid 
sorts as Veronica longifolia subsessilis can be obtained there is 
no excuse for growing inferior ones. A new variety fully equal 
if not superior to V. subsessilis is called Blue Ridge, having 
flowers of the deepest blue and a free blooming habit. With 
Amethystina in the spring and Blue Ridge in the fall, no other 
Speedwell will be needed in the garden. 
Although it has been possible for a year or two to obtain seeds 
of Lychnis Arkwrightii, few if any plants have been offered in 
previous seasons. A small plant bloomed in the garden last 
year and it seemed to be all that is claimed for it. It is a cross 
between L. chalcedonica and L. Haageana and the flowers have 
deep, rich shades. 
Then there is the new Oswego Tea (Monarda) Cambridge 
Scarlet, a plant with bright, deep red flowers which are fully as 
brilliant as those of the Cardinal Flower. Those who like 
brilliant scarlets in the garden will prize this plant. 
Blue is considered a more refined garden color, and the list of 
good flowers having this color is rapidly being increased. A 
spurless Columbine catalogued sometimes as an Anemone- 
flowered Aquilegia, is being again offered— it is not new by any 
means, but is not well known. The blossoms always attract 
attention because of the missing spurs and the color is an attrac- 
tive light blue. It will bloom very early if seeds are started un- 
der glass in the spring. Then there are some new Aquilegias 
known as Erskine Park hybrids, getting the name from the 
fact that they were originated at Erskine Park, a famous estate 
at Lenox, Mass. They are the result of repeated crosses made 
between the best American and European varieties. They, 
too, will flower the first year from seeds sown indoors in March, 
but probably the better plan will be to start them in a coldframe 
in June and transplant them in the fall to bloom the following 
year. The colors include blues, lavenders, whites, yellows, 
scarlets, and pinks. 
It has long seemed strange that more generous use has not 
been made of Montbretias and that hybridizers have not secured 
greater development in the matter of size. Few bulbous plants 
are more satisfactory for fall flowering. They make a splendid 
addition to the hardy border and are unexcelled for cutting. 
It is a matter for congratulation that a magnificent new type 
has at last been put out. Probably this is the forerunner of 
still greater improvement. Star of the East is a magnificent 
flower and will prove a revelation to people who know Mont- 
bretias of only the common type. Mr. George Davis, a famous 
hybridizer, is responsible for the remarkable advance in these 
plants. He has obtained several hybrids of great merit, but the 
one mentioned is among the finest because of its strong growth 
and the size of its blooms, which may measure three inches 
across, putting them in a class with Gladiolus. The color is 
an attractive bright orange with a lemon-vellow throat. Quite 
naturally the price is high, but there are other new giant flowered 
Montbretias which are much cheaper and yet which are far 
ahead of the old fashioned flowers. 
A LATTICE GARDEN SHELTER 
SEEN IN FRANCE 
E. C. STILES 
Landscape Architect 
B ES1GNING suitable summer 
houses or garden shelters for 
private gardens, where the 
erection of large stone or heavy 
frame shelters would be altogether out 
of place, has taxed to the utmost the 
ingenuity of architects and garden de- 
signers, and has given rise to many 
curious and complicated little struc- 
tures which are often entirely at var- 
iance with the architecture of the 
house, the size of the owners’ pocket 
book, and the general treatment of the 
grounds. 
The accompanying illustration offers 
a design which is simple in character, 
moderate in cost, and easy of con- 
struction. The design was taken from 
a little garden in the suburbs of Angers 
while the author was en route to 
America. The floor plan is square and 
all four sides are similar to the front 
elevation, with the exception of the 
doorway, which appears only on the 
front side. The construction is light 
yet strong, as may be attested by the 
fact that the original has withstood 
the rainy climate of France for a con- 
siderable period of years without any 
evidence of repair, painting and other 
upkeep. Constructed of cypress and 
given two or three coats of good lead 
paint such a structure will endure for 
many years in our climate without 
further attention. 
T H E materials maybe secured as per 
this sketch upon consultation with 
any mill working establishment, for be 
it noted that the stock involved is all 
simple and of standard size, except 
the turned ornament at the top of the 
roof and the moulding or trim where 
the roof joins the upright. 
A small structure of this type will 
harmonize with any form of archi- 
tecture and will be suitable in scale 
to the suburban garden, and at the 
same time not out of place in a larger 
area. 
