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and if they are planted in groups, the 
luxuriant foliage and great quantities of 
flowers are unsurpassed in the Autumn. 
There are now numerous varieties, all of 
much merit, but the old Anemone Japonica 
with its single pink flowers and the white 
form are very hard to beat, but one should' 
also include A. J. Autumn Queen, which 
is dark rose in color and semi-double. 
Mont Rose is very double and pale pink ; 
Whirlwind is a fine double white; Prince 
Heinrich double, dark red, and Purpurine 
is a very large flower, purplish-rose in 
color. 
Among the many low growing plants 
suitable for clothing the edge of the border 
there is nothing- of greater merit than the 
double form of Arabis alpina, which is a 
very old plant, but was lost for many years 
to cultivation. It grows and blooms very 
freel3' from spring until fall, and the pure 
white flowers are produced on spikes simi- 
lar to a stock. 
Bocconias or Plume Poppies make ex- 
tremely effective masses of glaucous color- 
ing in the garden if ample space can be 
afforded them, but unless this is possible I 
do not advise planting them where they 
are likely to interfere with their weaker 
neighbors. B. microcarpa will grow eight 
feet high and produce ample foliage, which 
is uninjured by strong sunlight. 
We do not usually associate Calceo- 
larias with hardy plants, but the introduc- 
tion of a new variety has enabled us to 
have at least one representative which will 
thrive in the open ground. This is a 
hybrid named Golden Queen, with large 
golden-yellow flowers, and is valuable, 
among other reasons, for its persistent 
flowering. 
Everyone admires the Campanula’s, 
whether it be tbe miniature gems from the 
Alps, the beautiful Hairbell of Scotland or 
the Giant pyramidalis, but I think the most 
desirable for the border are the pescicae- 
folia section. These flower early in the 
summer, but if the stems are removed as 
soon as the blossoms have faded they con- 
tinue to produce new growths for some 
time. Moerheimi and Newry Giant are 
two extremely fine double white varieties, 
and marginata, which has a band of pale 
blue on the edge of the petals, is very at- 
tractive. .Alba fi. fl. and grandifiora should 
also be included. Many new varieties of 
Chrysanthemum maximum have recently 
been produced, and though mere size is 
not always a desiderata, I think in this 
case it has improved this useful plant. 
They are capable of making good masses 
of white and the long, stiff flower stems 
render them very serviceable for cut pur- 
poses. The speaker and Mrs. Lothian Bell 
are the largest, and a variety named Rob- 
insoni. with fimbriated florets, is one of 
the most pleasing. 
For midsummer flowering, the herba- 
ceous Clematis are a useful and beautiful 
family worthy of inclusion in all gardens. 
C. erecta makes a fine bush, four feet high, 
covered with a multitude of white blos- 
soms, but the variety mandschurica, which 
is larger in all its parts, is even superior, 
and erecta flore pleno, with very double 
flowers, is of great merit. C. integrifolia 
Durandi has large blue flowers on robust 
stems, and C cocc'inia, which is seen to the 
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best advantage if grown on sticks in the 
same way as sweet peas, has scarlet and 
yellow flowers. Everyone is probably 
familiar with the American Snakeroot, 
Cimicifega racemosa, and a beautiful plant 
it is. but those who need a more graceful 
species should plant C. simplex, which is, 
as yet, rare in gardens. It is smaller 
generally than its American congenor, but 
the flowers are much whiter and the 
foliage more elegant. Delphiniums in their 
multitudinous variety do not need any 
recommendation from me, but there are 
some varieties which may not have come 
under your notice. D- Belladonna is one of 
the very few (jlants with sky blue flowers, 
and thougb it will not withstand a severe 
winter, it shoidrl always be grown, even if 
one has to pot it up. It has the desirable 
quality of sending up new flower stems 
for a long period, and the beautiful color- 
ing is appreciated by all. Several varieties 
are now obtainable, the best of them be- 
ing Belladonna grandifiora, which is larger 
generally than the type ; B. semi-plena, 
sky-blue flushed lavender, and Moerheimi, 
a very excellent white form. For many 
years nurserymen have been endeavoring 
to evolve a pure white, tall-growing Del- 
phinium, and they have at last succeeded 
in producing a variety appropriately named 
Nulli Secundus, which is certainly second 
to none, being very robust and of the 
finest white. 
Two excellent plants, specially for dry 
positions, are Ephorbia polychroma and E. 
corollata, the latter a North American 
species seldom seen in cultivation. E. 
polychroma forms a symmetrical bush, 
completely covered with conspicuous yel- 
low bracts, and E. corollata bears white 
flowers in the greatest profusion. Few 
hardy plants are more popular than the 
charming Eypsophila paniculata, with its 
fleecy cloud of blossoms, but equally beau- 
tiful is the new double form, which is one 
instance where the doubling process has 
improved a plant’s beauty. 
Heuchera’s are among the most useful 
of small growing herbaceous plants, and 
many are familiar with the beautiful scarlet, 
H. sanguinea. Quite a few good hybrids 
have been raised recently, the finest of 
which is undoubtedly H. Shirley, which 
grows three feet high and has very large 
scarlet flowers. Pageant is also fine, a 
strong grower, rich, bright crimson in 
color. Rosamunde, Margaret, Firefly, Cor- 
alie, Flambeau and Lucifer should all be 
included. 
Heleniums are among the most useful 
of tall flowering plants too well known to 
need any reference, and I will only men- 
tion one, a new variety raised in this coun- 
try. This is Riverton Gem, wdiich has 
golden yellow flowers largely suffused with 
crimson. 
Everc'one is acquainted with the old Day 
Lily, Hemerocallis fulva, which is a de- 
cidedly ornamental plant for many posi- 
tions, 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 Baroni, with sweetly scented orange- 
yellow flowers. 
Incarvillea Delavayi and grandifiora are 
two remarkable new sjjecies 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 succeed best in a position shaded 
from the hottest sunlight. Two desirable 
new Lupines of the polyphyllus section, 
both with rose colored flowers, are Lupinus 
