. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. Flo^H. AND LAWN TIMELY TOPICS FOR THE AMATEUR.—XIII, 'N the February, number of the Horti- culturist a list was given of what may be very properly termed iron-clad and ^j easy-to-grow varieties of herbaceous perennials, or permanent border plants, as well as a short list of annuals suitable for young" beg^inners, or those inexperienced in plant culture. Many of the varieties there mentioned are possibly well-known to readers of the Journal, and may, perhaps, have been g-rown by them, as with a few excep- tions
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1901. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. Flo^H. AND LAWN TIMELY TOPICS FOR THE AMATEUR.—XIII, 'N the February, number of the Horti- culturist a list was given of what may be very properly termed iron-clad and ^j easy-to-grow varieties of herbaceous perennials, or permanent border plants, as well as a short list of annuals suitable for young" beg^inners, or those inexperienced in plant culture. Many of the varieties there mentioned are possibly well-known to readers of the Journal, and may, perhaps, have been g-rown by them, as with a few excep- tions most of them can be fairly classed amongst what are generally styled as old- fashioned flowers. But this is no reason for discarding or rejecting them from our gar- dens of the present day, more especially as this class of plants are again becoming pop- ular with the flower-loving public, chiefly for ornamenting lawns and flower gardens. The production of a better type of plant and flower than the originals, as well as the in- troduction of new species and varieties, has doubtless aided greatly in bringing these pretty and useful plants into deserving pop- ularity again, after a period of apparent neglect. Some of the plants mentioned may not, perhaps, be as suitable for town or city gardens as the more choice greenhouse plants, but a judiciously selected and well- grown collection of herbaceous perennials is an acquisition to any lawn or flower garden, whether in town or country. To the list of plants already referred to may be added a few low-growing flowering shrubs, provided there is room in the border for them. The double flowering Spirea prunifolia, Kerria Japonica, Wigelia rosea and W. alba, Deutzia gracilis, Deutzia par- viflora, Spirea bumalda, Spirea Anthony Waterer—one of the premiums for 1901 — and a plant of the herbaceous hibiscus (Crimson Eye), will be found suitable for planting in a mixed border of plants. The taller growing deutzias, forsythias, lilacs,
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