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PARK AND CEMETERY 
Seasonable Suggestions 
For a mass of yellow flounces of low growth the 
Achillea tomentosa is unrivalled. Not over six inches 
high and close growing, it is an almost unbroken sheet 
of yellow when in flower, in June. 
What a show the good old foxgloves make when 
in bloom! Sow a lot of seeds in early spring, trans- 
plant and tend them well all summer, cover lightly 
with straw or leaves in winter, and the next June 
enjoy a most lovely sight when they are in flower. 
The dwarf horse chestnut, Aeschulus parviflora, 
which is flowering now, is almost alone in its flower- 
ing at this season. The shrub is of a spreading, flattish 
growth, and from every shoot arise its long panicles 
of white flowers. 
The golden flowers of the Koelreuteria paniculata 
come in huge panicles, and as the tree is of a rather 
spreading nature, the display is easily observed. Many 
trees bear their flowers so far up from the ground that 
their beauty is lost to most persons. 
\Try many sbrubs root readily from green wood 
cuttings, rooted in a shaded greenhouse. Tt is not too 
late to put in many sorts. If in cutting boxes, they 
might be left undisturbed till spring, after they are 
rooted. 
What a brilliant effect crotons make when set in the 
full sun ! In many parks and private grounds the 
croton bed is the most marked feature on the grounds ; 
and it fairly revels in the great heat of summer. 
For three all-round good herbaceous plants for 
summer blooming try Anthemis tinctoria, yellow ; Core- 
opsis lanceolata, yellow^ and Gaillardia compacta 
orange and crimson. They are almost perpetual 
bloomers, and are fine for cutting for their flowers. 
There are lots of summer flowering plants that will 
not thrive in partial shade, but the fuchsia will. Try 
it! It is just the situation for it, delighting there, as 
Begonia V’ernon does in the full sun. 
If you have any common peach trees you would 
like to change to flowering kinds, now is the time to 
bud them. The double rose, crimson and white, are the 
three leading sorts ; and how lovely they are in early 
spring. 
It hardly needs saying that the old flower heads of 
rhododendrons should be picked off, that the plants 
may not be sustaining useless seed pods. All plants 
flower better if the flower heads are picked off as soon 
as decay sets in, otherwise the support of the plant 
goes to forming and perfecting seeds instead of 
flowers. 
The wild “flowering raspberry,” Rubus odoratus, 
flowers nearly all summer. As with others of the 
rubus family it spreads from the root, hence should 
be planted where there is no objection to its forming 
a clump in time. The rosy pink flowers are an inch or 
more in diameter. 
Some of the golden and variegated cornuses do not 
stand the sun well, but this cannot be said of Cornus 
Mas variegata. Still, as a matter of fact, all such 
plants prefer a little shade. 
Plant Itea Virginica for its white, finger-like spikes 
of flowers in mid-June and its crimson colored foliage 
in autumn. Save perhaps Vaccinium corymbosum, 
there is no shrub having such rich colored autumn 
leaves. 
Catalpa aurea, when kept dwarf, so one can look 
down on its foliage, is a worthy golden leaved subject. 
So is the Ptella trifolia aurea. Large groups are par- 
ticularly pleasing. Golden elder is rather coarse grow- 
ing, but its display can be seen at a long distance, too 
far away to observe the coarseness of foliage. 
A Florida nurseryman says in his catalogue Bam- 
busa Metake is hardy along the southern border. Just 
where this line may be I do not know, but in Philadel- 
phia it is one of our choice hardy plants, but its foliage 
gets scorched badly in winter. 
A really grand Japanese tree is the Pterostyrax his- 
pidum. It bears long, drooping panicles of white flow- 
ers, beautiful and unlike those of any other tree or 
shrub. It has large leaves and a rounded outline of. 
growth. 
Many evergreens, particularly piceas, are apt to 
lose their leaders when young. This is a good time to 
look them over, and where the loss has occurred to tie 
up the next prominent shoot below, in such a way that 
it will in time take the lead. 
Visitors to England come back lamenting the lack 
ot the beautiful golden yews in our landcape work. 
There is no reason why these lovely evergreens should 
be lacking. They are perfectly hardy, in the Middle 
States, at least. 
Chrysanthemums of the large flowered sort can be 
had at such small cost that it pays to set out a lot for 
fall flowering, even if not hardy everywhere. Set out 
now from pots, they make a fine display for fall. 
What grand things hardy ferns are for the east and 
north side of buildings. The Osmunda and the larger 
Aspidiums are fine. Many of the latter are of ever- 
green character, such as the marginale, spinulosum, 
cristatum and acrostichoides. Plant them now. 
Joseph Meehan. 
CORONATION MEMORIAL TREES. 
A recent issue of The Garden, London, reports as 
follows: “To commemorate the coronation of King 
Edward and Queen Alexandria Mr. Hugh Dickson, 
Royal Nurseries, Belfast, who has recently been ap- 
pointed nurseryman to the King, has generously of- 
fered to present to every charitable institution in Ulster 
a choice ornamental tree to be planted in their grounds. 
The offer held good until the 25th of June, and we are 
glad to learn from Mr. Dickson that many availed 
themselves of this opportunity.” 
