This stringy bark gum furnishes a strong, durable timber, used for shipbuilding and other purposes. _E. robusta_ contains large cavities in its stem, between the annual concentric...
This tropical plant is known as the sand-box tree. Its deep-furrowed, rounded, hard-shelled fruit is about the size of an orange, and when ripe and dry, it bursts open with a sharp...
A native of Australia and the islands of the Indian Ocean. The leaves, being fermented, are distilled, and yield an oil known as cajuput or cajeput oil, which is green, and has a s...
The white flowers of this evergreen shrub,which make their appearance in July, are delicately fragrant. The plant is most suitable for a cool greenhouse, but does well in the open,...
The greenhouse shrubs should be grown in peat and loam.They are raised by seeds and by cuttings. Most of the hardy perennials need protection in winter, therefore they are best gro...
This evergreen thrives best in fibrouspeat to which a fair quantity of silver sand has been added. While excessive moisture is injurious, the plant must not be kept too dry; the be...
Pretty hardy annuals which thrive in asandy soil. They are easily raised from seed sown in March or April, and bring forth their flowers in August. Height, 1 ft.
Great attention must be paid to this important gardeningoperation. It is necessary that the pots used be perfectly clean, and, if new, soaked in water for several hours previously,...
A pretty hardy perennial, suitable for a frontborder or rock-work, bearing dense spikes of flowers from May to August. It grows well in any ordinary soil, and is propagated by divi...
A pretty dwarf perennial, suitable for moistinterstices of rock-work. It should be planted in a slanting position, so that the roots, while absorbing plenty of moisture, will not r...
Very decorative conifers, mostly of conicalshape, and indispensable to the shrubbery. They thrive in any soil, but prefer a moist situation. For sheltered positions, where a small...
A Californian half-hardy perennial plant which bearsa profusion of scarlet tube-shaped flowers from June to October. It grows freely in a sunny position in any dry, light, gravelly...
Plant on a warm border in a rathersandy, well-drained soil. Give protection in severe weather, and supply with water during the growing season. Take up and divide every second or t...
The sago palm of gardens. The stem of the plants abounds in starch, which is highly esteemed in Japan. A gum exudes from the trunk of the old plant, which is employed medicinally b...
The large fern tree of Australia. This plant attains the height of 30 or more feet, and its fronds or leaves spread horizontally some 20 to 25 feet. It is found in snowy regions, a...
A common tree in the Malayan Islands, where its fruit forms a great part of the food of the natives. It is said to have a most delicious flavor combined with a most offensive odor,...
The fruit of this plant is the Granadilla of the tropics. The pulp has an agreeable though rather mawkish taste. The root is said to possess narcotic properties, and is used in the...
The bully or balata tree of British Guiana, which furnishes a gum somewhat intermediate between India rubber and gutta-percha, being nearly as elastic as the first without the brit...
A hardy annual bearinggraceful drooping racemes of crimson blossom. The seed should be sown in the open at the end of March, and thinned out or transplanted with a good ball of ear...
A light loamsuits this plant, which is moderately hardy. The soil should be moist, but not wet. It does not like being disturbed, but when necessary the crowns may be divided in au...
A pretty hardy annual,bearing a profusion of Campanula-like flowers in July. Suitable for beds, pots, hanging baskets, or rock-work. It flourishes most in a compost of sandy loam a...
See "Tussilago."
The roots of this plant are an aromatic stimulant, much used as medicine in the Island of Java; also, when mixed with anise, it has proved valuable in malignant smallpox.
This is one of the few palms found in Australia. The unexpanded leaves, prepared by being scalded and dried in the shade, are used for making hats, while the still younger and more...
Thisstrikingly handsome conifer is very suitable for a forecourt or for a single specimen on grass. Young plants are sometimes grown in the conservatory and in the borders of shrub...
See "Winter Aconite."
This hardy herbaceous plant bears light blueflowers in July. A rich, moist soil is its delight. It is propagated by dividing the roots. Height, 1 ft.
See "Dielytra."
See "Hyacinthus."
The perennial varieties of thesebeautiful plants grow best in moist places, such as the edges of ponds or ditches; but they also do well in pots among Alpine plants. Most of them m...