This hardy evergreen shrub grows freely in any soil. Itflowers in July, and is increased by cuttings. Height, 2 ft.
Among our earliest spring flowers. These will grow in anygarden soil, but prefer rich, sandy earth. Plant in October or November, 3 in. deep and 2 in. apart. Take the roots up ever...
These beautiful climbing plants are very suitable forcovering trellis-work, or for the pillars or rafters of the stove-house. The seed is generally sown in April on a hotbed or und...
This charming half-hardy perennial succeeds best in light,loamy soil. It seeds freely, and roots rapidly by being pegged down. It is usual to take the cuttings in February, as spri...
Hardy annuals, remarkable for their awkward-looking stemsand discoloured leaves. They grow best in a mixture of sandy loam, brick rubbish, and decomposed dung, well reduced. They r...
This showy plant, bearing large blue flowers inJune, may be increased by division of the roots into as many plants as there are heads, from slips, or from seed sown in the open bor...
Sow in pots during March or April, and place in acucumber frame or on a hotbed, and cover with a hand-glass. Harden off, and plant out about the third week in May in ground previou...
Fumigate the infected plants with tobacco, and afterwardssyringe them with clear water; or the plants may be washed with tobacco water by means of a soft brush.
For their successful growth Heaths require awell-drained soil, composed of three parts finely pulverised peat and one part silver sand, free ventilation, and a careful supply of wa...
A genus of very pretty bulbous plants that thrive well in amixture of loam, peat, and sand, or will grow in any light soil. Most of the tender kinds may be reared in a frame if pro...
This hardy herbaceous plant blooms in July. It will grow inany soil, and can be increased by division of the root. Height, 1 ft.
One of the finest of hardyplants, and easy to grow. Planted in deep, free, sandy soil, it will grow vigorously, and in early summer throw up spikes of snowy-white, lily-like blosso...
This enjoys a rather light, sandy soil and a shadysituation. The roots should be taken up and divided every second year. Well adapted for surrounding beds or clumps of Rhododendron...
These evergreen shrubs need the same treatment asArbutos. A. Uva-ursi, or Creeping Arbutos, is a pretty prostrate evergreen, which flowers in May, and is only 3 in. high.
Delicate greenhouse evergreen shrubs requiring a soilof sandy loam and peat and but little water. They flower in June, and are propagated by cuttings planted in sand under glass. H...
A curious old herbaceous perennial, now seldommet with, sending up late in summer a dense cylindrical purple spike 2 ft. high. It needs a rich, light, sandy soil, and to be protect...
Showy crimson summer flowers, requiring only thesimplest treatment of hardy annuals. Sow in March or April in the open border. Height, 1 ft.
Handsome, hardy climbers, which may be grown inany garden soil. They flower in August, and are increased by layers or by cuttings under glass. Height, 8 ft.
Very elegant half-hardy climbers. Planted against awall in the open air, or at the bottom of trellis-work, they will flower abundantly in June, but the protection of a greenhouse i...
These pretty evergreens will grow in any soil, and can bepropagated in September by cuttings of half-ripened wood having a heal, planted in a sandy soil, and kept near the glass in...
The caramba of Ceylon and Bengal. The fruit of this tree is about the size of a large orange, and, when ripe, is of a rich yellow color, with a very decided and agreeable fragrance...
Pretty plants, the flowers resembling a single Dahlia. Theyare mostly hardy, but some need protection. The annuals should be raised on a hotbed in February and be planted out in Ma...
This pretty little herbaceous plant, with its cushionsof green growth, makes a very fine display on rock-work or in any shady position. Ordinary soil suits; it is of easy culture,...
These plants take two years to flower, and then they dieaway altogether. The seed of the hardy varieties is sown thinly in the open border any time between April and June, and the...
Very pretty hardy annuals. They grow well in sunnyplaces in a mixture of loam and peat, and may be raised from seed sown in the spring or by cuttings placed under hand-glasses. Blo...
Sow at intervals from May till the end of August, but theprincipal sowing, to stand the winter, should be made the first week in August, giving the plants the protection of a frame...
These hardy perennials form pyramidal bushes bearingPentstemon-like flowers, thickly set and varying in colour from light pink to dark purple. A peat soil suits them best. They may...
See "Canna" and "Cannabis."
A plant of the pepper family, which furnishes one of the articles known by the Peruvians as Matico, and which is used by them for the same purposes as cubebs; but its chief value i...
This half-hardy evergreen shrub likesa sheltered position. Protection from severe frosts is requisite, especially while it is young. It is more suitable as an isolated specimen pla...