A perfectly hardy climbing convolvulus, and a beautifulplant for covering arbours, etc., growing 20 ft. to 30 ft. in one season. It thrives in any loamy soil or situation; flowers...
A free-growing hardy perennial, suitable fora sunny bank or border. It is not particular as to soil. From June to September it produces orange-brown flowers. It grows freely from s...
A very pretty, dwarf-growing, variegated grass. Plantin a moist situation in a rich, light, loamy soil. It is increased either by seed or division.
A pretty evergreen stove shrub, which is oftentrained to a single stem so as to form a standard. It succeeds in sandy loam and peat. It may be sunk in the flower-border during the...
A greenhouse evergreen climbing plant, whichneeds a peat and loam soil and plenty of room for its roots. It flowers in April, and is increased by cuttings planted in sand under gla...
This is best raised in a hotbed early in spring,but it will germinate in ordinary soil in May. It requires a sunny situation. Height, 2 ft. to 3 ft.
A free-flowering, hardy, herbaceous plant,best grown in loam and peat. Its deep-golden, star-shaped flowers are produced from June to September. Cuttings of ripened wood planted in...
This ornamental hardy herbaceous plant thrivesbest in a mixture of peat and loam. It is advisable to give protection to the roots in winter. It may be increased by seeds or by divi...
Interesting hardy biennials. When dried, theshining seed-pods make a handsome addition to winter bouquets, mixed with ornamental grass. Any common soil suits them. Sow the seed any...
A hardyperennial, which may be grown in any soil, and is easily increased by dividing the roots. It flowers in July. Height, 2 ft.
These prefer a good stiff, rather moist, but well-drainedloam, enriched with well-rotted cow-dung, and a sunny situation. February is probably the best time for planting, though so...
See "Crambe Cordifolia."
May be propagated bylayers or cuttings, and will grow in any common garden soil. The plant is also known as the Five-leaved Ivy, is a rapid grower, and a favourite for covering uns...
The locust tree of the West Indies; also called algarroba in tropical regions. This is one of the very largest growing trees known, and living trees in Brazil are supposed to have...
This hardy bulbous plant bearslovely racemes of coral-coloured flowers in July. A rich loam suits it best. Height, 1 ft.
A beautiful and graceful conifer, its arched branchesbeing thickly set with long grey-coloured or whitish-green leaves. In its young stage it makes an exquisite specimen for the la...
A pretty little hardy trailing plantbearing flesh-coloured flowers in June and July. It grows in sandy loam, and is raised from seed sown in spring. Height, 3 in.
These half-hardy, annual succulentshave a bright green foliage covered with ice-like globules. They must be raised in a greenhouse or on a hotbed, sowing the seed in April on sandy...
Ivy, St. John's Wort (HypericumCalycinum), early-flowering White Aconite.
A fine half-hardyannual ornamental grass, the foliage being striped green and white, and growing to the height of 3 ft. The cultivation is the same as the foregoing.
This Coromandel tree furnishes the resin known as olibanum, which is supposed to have been the frankincense of the ancients. It is sometimes used in medicine as an astringent and s...
The Kaffir tree of South Africa. The wood is soft and so light as to be used for floating fishing nets. The scarlet seeds are employed for making necklaces. The Erythrinas, of whic...
A pretty Brazilian palm; the leaves are used for thatching huts, and other parts of the plant are utilized.
This plant belongs to the order _Euphorbiaceae_, and reaches the size of a small tree in the Indian Archipelago and southern Australia. From the surface of the trilobed capsules of...
The vanilla plant, which belongs to the orchid family. The fruit is used by confectioners and others for flavoring creams, liquors, and chocolates. There are several species, but t...
This plant is cultivated in most warm countries for the sake of its rhizomes, which furnish the spice called ginger. It is prepared by digging up the roots when a year old, scrapin...
The wood of this tree is called mayall wood in New South Wales. It is also called violet wood, on account of the strong odor it has of that favorite flower; hence it is in great re...
Strong-growing and verynutritious. ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM (True Sweet Vernal),--Hardy and gives fragrance to hay.
See "Gaillardia."
The tall variety is a very stately plant,suitable for the background or a corner of the border. Well-grown flowers have measured 16 in. in diameter. The miniature kinds make fine v...