This plant, popularly known as Adam's Needle thrives best indry, sandy loam. It is quite hardy, and does well on rock-work, to which it imparts a tropical aspect, Yucca Recurva has...
The velvet plant of tropical countries. The root furnishes the _Pareira brava_ of druggists, which is used in medicine.
Sow in drills--the plants to stand 6in. apart--from March till August, in well-drained sandy loam. Autumn sowings will stand the winter and prove useful in early spring. It must be...
A rich or peaty mouldsuits this half-hardy perennial. It may be saved through the winter by protecting the roots, but seed sown in spring will generally fruit the same year. It flo...
See "Chionodoxa."
Half-hardy perennials. May be raised from seedsown early in spring on a hotbed, or later on in a shady spot in the open border; greenhouse culture, however, is more suitable. They...
See "Nigella."
This plant is extremelyhardy, and is eminently suitable either for rock-work or pots. It is of the easiest cultivation, and when once established requires merely to be kept in chec...
A hardy perennial with graceful, feathery greenfoliage, but of no special beauty. It is a native of our shores, will grow in any soil, blooms in July or August, and is freely propa...
Raise the bark of an apple, pear, or oak tree on theunderneath part of a branch and insert some well-ripened berries, then tie the bark down neatly with raffia or woollen yarn. If...
Hardy and elegant herbaceousplants, requiring a sandy soil. They may be raised either from seeds or from cuttings of the young growth; they flower in July. Height, 1 ft.
See "Arnebia."
A hardy perennial, curiousboth in leaf and flower. It requires a light, sandy soil, shade, and moisture; is propagated by seed sown in July, also by division of the tuberous roots,...
A hardy, creeping Alpine evergreen, having ovalleaves, slightly notched at the margins, which turn to a brilliant crimson during the autumn and winter months. In April and May it p...
This pretty evergreen twining plant is most suitable forthe greenhouse, and flourishes in a mixture of loam and leaf-mould. It flowers in May, and is increased by cuttings struck i...
This hardy herbaceous plant will grow in anyordinary garden soil. It flowers in July, and is easily raised from seed or increased by division. Height, 1-1/2 ft.
A showy, hardy, deciduous perennial.It thrives in ordinary soil, puts forth its white flowers in June, and is propagated by seed or division. Height, 6 in.
A charming hardy annual for rock-work. The seedshould be sown early in spring in good garden mould. Height, 6 in.
Free-flowering, hardy, deciduous shrubs, the flowers beingproduced in profusion along the shoots in April, and varying in colour from white to deep crimson. The plants will grow in...
See "Hamamelis."
This is admirably suitable for a southwall, but it requires plenty of room. It is propagated by cuttings placed in sand, or by cuttings of the root. These should be planted out in...
See "Coreopsis."
This ornamental hardy perennial is commonlyknown as the Burning Bush. It succeeds in any garden soil, and is easily raised from seed, which ripens freely. If the flowers are rubbed...
See "Chionanthus."
A greenhouse shrub, which is evergreen and elegant whenin flower in June. A sandy loam and peat soil is most suitable, and it may be increased by cuttings planted in sand under a h...
See "Dryas."
Very beautiful, compact, and free-growing greenhouseeverlasting shrubs. The most suitable soil consists of three parts sandy peat and one part loam, with good drainage. June or Jul...
Rich dark-blue or reddish-purpleflowers. Very free-flowering and fine for massing. It is similar to the Cape Hyacinth, but flowers in denser spikes.
These beautiful everlastingflowers are half-hardy annuals and are suitable for beds or ribbons, and make most graceful plants for pot culture, placing four plants in a 5-in. pot. T...
A pretty, evergreen,woody climber for the conservatory, which succeeds best in a compost of light loam and peat; is of easy culture, and readily increased by cuttings. It is a fine...