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“ And a dew was distilled from their flowers that gave 
All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone.”— Moore. 
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AN AMATEUR'S LETTER 
TO AMATEURS. 
By the author of “ The Garden Decorative ,” 
etc., etc. 
IV. 
Wallflowers. 
There are some flowers that every garden 
owner looks upon as indispensable. Among 
these must be numbered the Wallflower. 
Now there are certain points tliat must be 
j considered, and it is when these are disre¬ 
garded that the plants prove failures—and 
| too often the Wallflower in the amateur’s 
(garden is a failure. When the plants at the 
season of flowering are tall,.leggy subjects, 
with blossom at the end of two or three 
stems, then I think we are justified in look¬ 
ing upon-them as dismal failures. But 
when there is one strong sturdy main stem 
well branched, making, in fact, a fine shrubby 
head, in due time covered with many heads 
,if flowers, then I say we have pleasure and 
I satisfaction in these most fragrant of the 
j ipring flowers. The seed should have been 
sown in June, but where this was omitted 
young plants may be procured at once, even 
if the border is not ready to receive them, 
for they will be all the better plants for this 
transplanting to temporary quarters ; and 
where seedling plants are at hand it is well 
worth while to give them this same removal. 
At the same time, too long a period must 
not elapse before they are established in 
their flowering quarters. 
It is more important for Wallflowers than 
for most things to get them into their 
permanent place as early as possible, for it 
greatly affects their after success, or want 
of success. Before the winter sets in the 
extreme points of the stem should be 
pinched out It is a little curious how 
neglectful the ordinary novice is of this 
m itter when it comes to hardy garden 
subjects. This stopping or pinching back is 
a matter of course with greenhouse and 
conservatory plants, but scarcely ever 
extended to those subjects that are grown in 
outside bed and border. But for Wallflowers, 
fo • Antirrhinums, and many other subjects, 
it is the secret of attaining good bushy 
specimens with a maximum of blossom. I 
frequently stop my Wallflowers a second 
time and I am always glad when I have 
done so, for it means, instead of the three or 
four heads of blossom one often sees, a great 
mass of glowing colour, and plants that are 
really and truly decorative in the garden, 
and that make a beautiful and characteristic 
feature through many weeks of the spring 
time. It will be readily understood that 
this treatment is not conducive to great size 
of bl.om, but surely the general decorative 
effect of the plants is of far more conse¬ 
quence in the garden-scape! Another 
advantage that these sturdy bush-like plants 
have, is the power to withstand quite unhurt 
the heavy rains and rough winds of the 
spring time, 
I would draw especial notice to the roots of 
t’ e two plants; where the first has but a 
scanty supply, the second has an ample 
quantity, and it is to induce plenty of roots 
that the-transplanting while in a young state 
is recommended. I cannot think matters 
of detail such as this too trifling when they 
mean so much to the success of our plants. 
To me it seems worth any amount of study 
and experiment, especially the latter, to get 
the best out of every plant that it has to 
give. 
Wallflowers prove capital subjects for 
using in a bed or border at the side of a 
shrubbery, or bit of garden woodland, where 
perhaps deciduous trees to some extent over¬ 
hang, for they flower before the foliage 
becomes unduly heavy, and they do not 
mind the dryness that follows during the 
summer in such positions. 
Planting Hints to achieve good Decorative 
Effects. 
Too often the flowering plants in the 
amateur’s garden do not make the good and 
striking effect they should. There are 
several reasons for this, and if I take the 
case of the out-of-door and early-flowering 
Chrysanthemums I think I can make my 
meaning clear, and, I hope, be enabled 
to put forth some hints that shall prove 
suggestive to the novice. We do not, 
perhaps, realise the importance of making 
certain long-enduring and effective plants 
the foundation work, as it were, of the 
garden display for the different seasons. 
Now, anyone who has realised the grand 
decorative value of these Chrysanthemums 
—if planted advantageously —will be ready 
to acknowledge that they are invaluable for 
autumn display. They may be made an 
important feature—and, indeed, are worthy 
of it. The flowering period of these plants 
has commenced, and the novice cannot do 
better than make mental note of their effect 
in every garden he visits. A great deal 
depends on the arrangement of the plants. 
In one garden we may see them practically 
lost—here a plant, and there a plant, every 
hue and colour represented by p rhaps one 
or two specimens of each ; and the whole 
number lost amid a crowd of other subjects. 
That is to see Chrysanthemums at a terrible 
disadvantage. Yet thus often and often do 
we see them. Now let me describe the 
Chrysanthemums as treated in an old 
country garden where their whole decora¬ 
tive value is sought and most effectually 
obtained. With no greater number of 
plants than in gardens where they make no 
striking effect, here each plant is used to its 
fullest value—that is to say, its own indi¬ 
vidual value, and its value in enhancing the 
beauty of those beside it. The plants are 
boldly masse 1, and what is of almost equal 
importance, a stern restraint has been ob¬ 
served in the colour scheme. There is no 
attempt to grow any and every variety and 
eolour because they happen to be good and 
pleasing in themselves. In this particular 
instance the scheme chosen ran through the 
clear, clean yellows of such varieties as 
Horace Martin, Carrie, Pollie, and Jason to 
the deep bronze-crimsons of Crimson Marie 
Masse, Rocket, and Crimson Precocity with, 
for deepest tone, that veritable queen of 
garden Chrysanthemums, Goacher’s Crim¬ 
son. No other colour, but the blaze of true 
autumn colouring was grand, and it was 
led up to by a bold planting of flaming 
Gaillardias. But if there had not been 
another flower in the whole garden within 
sight of the Chrysanthemums it would not 
greatly have mattered. The eye can pass 
