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...
A hardy perennial having immense bronzefoliage. It thrives best in a moist, peaty soil; flowers from May to July, and may readily be increased either by seed or division. Height, 3...
Loam is a mixture of clay and sand. Whenthe former predominates it is termed heavy loam, and when the latter abounds it is called light. Marl is a compound of chalk and clay, or ch...
Showy hardy perennials which make finebedding plants. They may be grown from seed, which is produced in great quantities, and merely requires the same treatment as other perennials...
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.
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...
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...
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...
This hardy bulbous plant bearslovely racemes of coral-coloured flowers in July. A rich loam suits it best. Height, 1 ft.
This stove shrub is an evergreen. It should begrown in a mixture of loam and peat, and may be increased by cuttings planted in sand under glass in a little heat. It flowers in July...
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...
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...
A showy hardy perennialwith tufts of graceful, curving, slender foliage. From May to July, when it bears spikes of white flowers, it is very handsome. It does best in a peat border...
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...
A pretty Brazilian palm; the leaves are used for thatching huts, and other parts of the plant are utilized.
See "Gaillardia."
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...
These useful conifers prefer dry chalk orsandy soils, but will thrive in any ground that is not too heavy. J. Japonica, Sabina, and Tamariscifolia do well on steep banks and rock-w...
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 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...
See "Xerophyllum."
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.
The fruit of this tree is called, from its appearance, the cannon-ball fruit; its shell is used as a drinking vessel, and when fresh the pulp is of an agreeable flavor.
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...
This small alpine creeper is a profuse bloomer,its glistening white flowers being produced at all seasons. It grows in moist vegetable mould, and bears transplanting at any season....
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 handsome hardy plant, suitable for a moist, shadysituation. It is raised from seed, or will bear dividing, but is rather hard to grow. Height, 6 in.
Plant in autumn in a moist but well-drained soil. Cuttingsof stout stems 6 or 8 in. long, firmly and deeply planted in a shady situation, mulched with leaf-mould, and kept watered...