THE BUBAL. HEW-YORKER. 
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ferent flowers though upon the same raceme. 
Seeds were planted across tho entire garden and, 
here and there, about the bedH and lawn. We 
have never grown plants which elicited more 
numerous or lively words of admiration. They 
grow to an average Light of nine feet, branching 
freely from the main etem, the effect of which is 
but imperfectly shown in our rather formal il¬ 
lustration. Tho loaveH, main and secondary 
stems, as well as the fruit, peduncles and pedi¬ 
cels, were of a rioh violet-bronze hue, chauging 
as viewed from different places or as moved by 
tho wind. If our readers desire rich, luxuriant, 
“ tropical ’’ foliage, that will form a marked con¬ 
trast with the bright green of other plants, or if 
it is desired to grow them as single specimens, 
we really do not know of a more imposing sub¬ 
ject thau this. 
HIBISCUS M3SCHEUT0S. 
Wo had intended to present our readers with 
a picture of this showy flower, but as its thowi- 
noss rests iu size and color rather than in the 
form, delicacy or markings of the petals, a few 
words of description may answer as well The 
Bwamp Kerne-Mallow grows wild in the braokiBh 
meadows along the Atlantio coast. The stems 
are annual, tho roots hardy perennial. The 
stems in cultivated grounds grow about four to 
five feet high—tho leaves are largo, light-green, 
aud not much lobed. The flowers resemble 
thoBe of the better known II. cooolnens, though 
instead of beiDg crimson, they vary from deep- 
roso to pure white, with distinct eyes, varying 
from white to maroon. The flowers are im¬ 
mense, sometimes measuring twenty-seven 
inches in circumference. It is probable that 
cultivation might increase this sizo, and per¬ 
haps induoe them to become doable. Let our 
friends try, as we are trying, to bring about 
some such change. There is no trouble about 
raising tbe plants from seeds. They will thrive 
anywhere, and, to our way of thinking, will re¬ 
ward tho cultivator for his pains. 
double, triple and quadruple, and sextuple for 
that matter, and of a delicate straw-color—for 
toilette decoration that can bo had, especially 
against a frook of black grenadine, or of pure 
white. They form plate bouquets of striking 
beauty, set in a background of dark, crimson 
Phlox.” Maby Waoeh-Fiseeh. 
season, or the intensely blue color of tbe innu¬ 
merable stamens of the dense head of flowers. 
In the last issue of the Rubai, onr BpaTkling 
floricultural correspondent, Renocl&f "says 
of this beauty : 
“ It is a Texas annual. We treat it like stocks or 
Astern, and now, when almost all other hardy 
The New Seedltno Potato.—Beauty of 
Hebron. 
CALLICARPA AMERICANA. 
This is the French Mulberry and belongs to 
the natural order or Yerbonacea? or Vervains. 
It is hard to desoribe tbe beauty of this bush 
in a few words. The roots are hardy always, 
the tops are often killed by severe cold. But 
this is no objection, since by the first of July 
they will have again grown as large as desira¬ 
ble. Tbe form is round, quite compact. The 
leaves resemble those of the peach tree in shape. 
The flowers are very small, of a roHe color, in 
little umbels of four, each umbel bearing a 
dozen flowers axillary from every leaf. The 
umbels or fruit which succeed the flowers tbe 
last of September, are little berries of a rosy- 
purple color. As nearly every flower forms 
fruit, the bush is finally as full of fruit as it was 
of flowers and is then far more attractive. 
Each branch, indeed, becomes a wreath of clus¬ 
ters of rosy-purple beads which are more con¬ 
spicuous than the leaves between. This lasts 
until frost. Our engraving, which is reduced 
to nearly half size to Have space, will givo some 
idea of this handsome shrub that deserves a 
place in every garden. 
CHATEft’S LEMON HOLLYHOCK. 
We have before offered seeds of this strain to 
our readers and are induced to offer them again 
from tho many letters we have received prais¬ 
ing its “ donbleuess” and pure lemon color. 
A single extract from an esteemed contributor 
to onr columns will suffice for all. 
“I want to add a word about tho Obater 
Hollyhock, tho soeds of which came from the 
RURAL office last year. Tho Hollyhock has been 
in bloom for some time aud the blossoms are, 
in sohool-girl parlance, perfectly elegant. A 
pretty neighbor of mine fiuds them “lovely” 
for the toilet, placing one iu her hair, another 
at tho throat, one on each arm, and fastening 
them in the drapery of her skirts. They form 
PJae most exquisite rosettes—being perfectly 
VITIS HETEROPHYLLA. 
Tbis is a beautiful climber from Japan, with 
singularly variegated leaves and racemes of ber¬ 
ries as large as peas. These wax like berries, 
according to their stage of ripening, are light- 
blue, pink, white or green, speckled with tiny 
dots of brown, so that all of those colors may bo 
shown in a single raoemo. Tho roots are hardy, 
and the vineB grow ten or ft dozen feet in a sea¬ 
son. It is ratbor singular that a majority of 
seedlings oomo variegated, though this variega¬ 
tion is not always permanent, unless the vines 
grow in partial shade. For low trellises, rocks 
or stumps, we know of no prettier vino than this 
variegated Ampolopsls, as it is oallod by some 
authorities. As tho nodes are six inches or more 
apart, we could not sparo tho space to givo a 
fair idea of its manner of growth without sacri¬ 
ficing the details of leaf and fruit. 
RURAL HYBRID AQUILEGIAS. 
All of onr readers may know of the interest 
which tbe Oolumbino has exoited of late years. 
Cicrnlea and Crysnntba (see out) are among the 
best acquisitions to our list of hardy herbaceous 
CALLICARPA AMERICANA. 
WEIGELA. 
For a numbor of years we have much enjoyed 
raising this plant from seed. Tbe seedlings are 
mu'-h inclined to vary, so that among every 
dozen plants ouo or two variegated specimens or 
golden-seifs may be looked for. Moreover, 
Beedlings arc far more vigorous and the loaves 
larger and fresher than those of old plants that 
have been propagated from cuttings. The 
flowers also vary from white to dark-red and are 
often blotched and Btriped. As with all of tbe 
other seeds we offer, they germinate freely, only 
needing a light loam, moderate moisture aud 
plenty of sunlight. It need hardly be said that 
the Weigola (Diervillu, properly) is hardy aud 
that it is one of the first to be thought of in 
planting new grounds. 
OEUTZIA CRENATA, FI. PL. 
Tho double-flowering Deutzu is everywhere 
acknowledged lo be one of the beet hardy sUru!&£ 
in cultivation. It grows from four to six feet in 
hlght, is of graceful form, blooms early and for 
a long time. The flowers are as “double” as 
they can be aud so thickly sot as half to conceal 
the foliage. From this variety, three years ago, 
we raised a large number of seedlings. Iu 
foliage there was no departure from the species, 
but the flowers, a large proportion of which were 
also double, wore some of them pnre whits, 
while the others were more or loss roBe-color un 
the outside of the petals and white within. It is 
from this lot of BeedliugH that we have raised 
our seed for this distribution. The seed, though 
scarcely larger thau those of Petunias, germin¬ 
ate very readily under usual care and tho plants 
bloom tho second year. Thus it may ba seen 
that a dozen or more seedling plants of this 
beautiful hardy shrub may be obtained from a 
single packet of sccJm, which will bloom as soou 
as those purchased of dealers at 50 cents each. 
HIBISCUS MIL1TARIS 
the Halberd Rose-Mallow bears sulpbur-colorod 
flowers with maroon eyes about five inches in 
diameter. The roots aro hardy and send up 
heavy canes in the spring, forming by mid-sum¬ 
plants have done blooming, its branohes are 
laden with brilliant deep-purple flower-heads 
aud involucral bracts, and tho stems, too, have 
changed to the same color. Rut their great 
merit is their “everlasting” nature. Cnt now, 
they retain their beautiful coloring all winter 
long, and their branchy habit and odd-like 
flowers being bo distinot from the ordinary 
winter-bouquet stuff, they are quite a deside¬ 
ratum. Besides, like rosy cheeks, they are 
nature’s coloring, that no dye can imitate. 
GERANIUM SANGUINEUM. 
This is a true Geranium and nol a Pelargo¬ 
nium. It is perfectly hardy and noarly ever¬ 
green. It forms a mat of foliage growing less 
than IS inches in bight bearing purplish-red 
flowers over an inch in diameter. It blooms 
throughout the ontiro summer and autumn un¬ 
til freezing weather, and is one of the most de¬ 
sirable herbaceous bedding plants of which wo 
have any knowledge. Removed to the house, 
it will continue to bloom through the winter. 
Our sketch was drawn from a piece cnt off the 
25th of October, after .the plant had been ex¬ 
posed to three frosts. It is a native of Europo. 
YUCCA FUAMEHTOSA. 
Because this is evergreen—beoause it is hardy 
—because it bears loaves which form a peculiar 
feature iu the garden—booauseit bears hundreds 
of white, lily-iiko flowers—because it will grow 
in almost any situation or soil, it Bhould bo soon 
in every garden. Few people not specially in¬ 
terested in gardens, Rt.op to think how easily a 
beautifnl effect may be made at a trifle of ex¬ 
pense or time. Every garden has a grass- 
plot ; every farmer’s wifo, every man’s wife 
needs one for laundry purposes at least. Sup¬ 
pose in the oentor a circle of grass be taken 
out and a suliioient quantity of goud, mellow 
soil filled in. Here plant a Yucca or so, a Wel- 
gela, a Dontzla, a Rose-Maltow, a few AqailegiaH, 
a French Mulberry—then wo havo a pretty little 
garden iu itself, that, requiring but an occasional 
weeding, will last for ten years and yield flowers 
from spring until fall. We now furnish the 
VITIS HKTKROPHYLLA. (Variegated.) 
mer formidable masses of foliage. It is a fine 
plant for clumps or thickets of shrubbery and 
makes a pleasing appearance upon the banks of 
lakes, though it thrives j ust as well iu sandy Hoils. 
ERYKGIUM LEAVENWORTHII. 
This is a novelty in tho way of annuals that 
attracts much attention. Our engraving will 
givo the reader a very correct idea of the leaf 
and flowers, but it caunot show the brilliant pur¬ 
ple color to which the leaves turn late in the 
seeds, which, of all we could think q<f, are at the 
same time among hardy plants, the easiest 
to cultivate, aud the prettiest when cultivated. 
All that remains is that they should be planted, 
that the circle shonld bo made aud tbe plautlets 
removed to it. Tho grass-plot is as useful as 
before—the clotheB will bleach as well, and the 
farmor’s wife, nay, tho farmer himself, aud chil¬ 
dren, may liud in it an additional reason for lov¬ 
ing their unpretentious home. 
Defiance Wheat. 
plants. These, with others, havo been planted 
together in these grounds and from tho seeds 
oollected, an infinite variety of curious mark¬ 
ings may be looked for. 
QRINDELIA SQUARROSA. 
This belongs to the Composite family, some¬ 
what resembling a Coreopsis in flower, though 
the stems are more leafy. The color of the flow¬ 
ers, which bloom in great profusion, is a dark 
brownish-red. As has already been stated in 
the RuiiAii (Bept. 21), physicians aro using the 
roots of this plant in the form of fluid extraot 
for malarial fovers in place of quinine, with 
apparently excellent effect. 
REMARKS AND EXPLANATIONS. 
It will be seen we have announced nineteen 
plants, a small quautity of the seeds of any ten of 
which will be Bout free of charge (oxoept pos¬ 
tage), to those subscribers whose names are, or 
may be, entered upon our books prior to May 1st, 
1879, as yearly subscribers. Possibly a few othei 
varieties (respecting which wo are still in doubt 
as to whether we can oolleot a sufficient quanti¬ 
ty of seed) maybe added. Fossibly also, wo may 
run short of several varieties offered, in which 
case the best that we can purchase will be substi¬ 
tuted. There iB no doubt about it (in our minds 
at least) that this choice of seeds, many of which 
cannot elsewhere be procured, is worth more to 
