PARK AND CE-MRTERY 
Ogeechee Lime mentioned, which is Nyssa Ogee- 
chee, a rare tree from the swamps of the Ogeechee 
valley and western Florida, of small size, with leaves 
that are downy underneath; there is the Tupelo Gum 
or Cotton Gum, Nyssa Aquatica of the South, com- 
mon in the bottomlands of the lower Mississippi 
valley, in the swamps of western Louisiana and east- 
ern Texas. This tree attains a height of one hun- 
dred feet. There are other species of Nyssa native 
to southern Asia and China, but of them I know very 
little. 
Nyssas should be planted either singly where 
they have full room to develop individually, or in 
groups in conspicuous places where their beautiful 
fall coloring will show to the greatest advantage. 
No attempt should be made to train or trim them 
into symmetry of growth, but each should be allowed 
to take its own way and develop according to its 
own nature. Ornamental planting is often too stiff 
and precise in effect, and such trees as these can be 
so used as to do much to break up the monotonous 
appearance so displeasing to the artistic eye. • 
Danske Dandridge. 
POLYGONUM CUSPID ATUM (P. SEIBOLD). 
Introduced in 1825 from Japan, this species, one 
of the best of the great Buckwheat family, is at 
the present day by no means common in our gar- 
dens. 
POI.YGONUM CUSPIDATUM— HUMBOLDT PARK. 
Polygonum cuspfdatum is a hardy perennial herb, 
five to six feet high, with creamy white flowers in 
drooping feathery panicles, produced in August and 
September. Its large oval, oblong cuspidate leaves 
and vigorous bushy habit makes it attractive when 
not in flower. It is equally valuable among the shrub- 
bery, in the herbaceous border or as an isolated speci- 
men on the lawn. If planted in the border certain 
restraint is necessary on account of its spreading 
tendency. 
Polygonum cuspidatum is the most noteworthy 
of the order for our gardens, being superior to Poly- 
gonum Sachaliniense,a species that was much boomed 
a few years ago as a fodder plant. The latter is more 
coarse in texture, less showy in flowers, of slender 
and less bushy growth and not over-hardy, as it froze 
out entirely in the cold winter of 1898-99. 
The plant shown in the illustration is three years 
old, thus showing what a grand plant it will become 
in a comparatively short time when planted in good, 
rich soil. 
Chicago. James Jensen. 
SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS IN THE PARK— 
MONTBRETIAS AND OXALIS. 
Even in southern latitudes, where flowers are pro- 
fuse and varied, a border that blooms constantly is 
not always easily established. Summer flowering 
bulbs are easily managed, and if well selected, the bor- 
ders of walks and driveways, and margins of beds and 
plots of plants, may be made gay the entire season. 
All summer flowering bulbs are not ever-blooming. 
The two varieties here mentioned are strictly ever- 
blooming. Montbretias are brilliant in orange-scar- 
let and deep orange, spotted red. The bulbs are about 
the size of crocus corms and for the best effect must 
be massed. From six to ten may be bedded, six 
inches from group to group. They will make growth 
of six or seven inches high and the flowers are ranged 
on scapes. The seed pods must be cut away and 
when the buds on the terminals of the stalks have 
opened and the blooms faded, the stalks must be cut, 
so new ones will form. They will keep coming up 
and each one will last in florescence for several weeks 
at a time. City Park in New Orleans has thousands 
of Montbretias, and when in bloom, by contrast with 
the velvety green grass and clover, the dazzling or- 
ange and scarlet in long lines are as bright as sun- 
shine. 
Audubon Park excels in the combination of the 
richly colored Montbretias planted somewhat back 
from the edges of the walks and beds, and the low 
growing summer-flowering Oxalis, banded directly on 
the margins. Oxalis bulbs, if bedded three or four 
inches apart, will form an unbroken band of rich clo- 
ver-like green foliage. It makes an elegant and un- 
■usual border before the blooms appear, but when the 
white flowers clustered in full numbers on each stem 
and the stems exceedingly numerous, the effect is 
ideal. Alone Oxalis Dieppi alba is exquisite, but 
when the line of white and green runs along close be- 
side the over-topping orange and scarlet Montbretias 
the effect is dazzling. 
Driveways that wind, changing the scenic effect of 
plants at every turn, are rendered enchanting by this 
combination, forming a flowering border that har- 
monizes with grass, with shrubs and with other flow- 
