Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . plantsfor naturalizing in grass. They certainly would be pretty ifthey would do as well as their larger congener, E. Philadelphi- June 3, 1896.] Garden and Forest. 225 cus. Verbascum Olympicum is the grandest of all the Mul-leins. Its bold-branched spikes are closely covered withirregular salver-shaped lemon-colored flowers. The promi-nent violet-colored filaments and anthers, so conspicuous innearly all the Verbascums, are scarcely noticeable in this whole plant is densely covered with a sulphury pubes-cence. T
Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . plantsfor naturalizing in grass. They certainly would be pretty ifthey would do as well as their larger congener, E. Philadelphi- June 3, 1896.] Garden and Forest. 225 cus. Verbascum Olympicum is the grandest of all the Mul-leins. Its bold-branched spikes are closely covered withirregular salver-shaped lemon-colored flowers. The promi-nent violet-colored filaments and anthers, so conspicuous innearly all the Verbascums, are scarcely noticeable in this whole plant is densely covered with a sulphury pubes-cence. These Mulleins are scarcely distinguishable from the Emodi is out of bloom, and is developing its large and beauti-ful pod-like fruit. P. peltatum is now open. These are bothinteresting, if not exactly beautiful, plants with classical-look-ing leaves. Funkias here show their value as shade-plants,succeeding, Mr. Cameron tells me, where it is difficult to getanything else to grow. Orobus vernus is past bloom and nowin the seed-pod. These Vetches are hard to establish, and. Fig. 33-—Leucothoc rccurva.—See pnge 224. Celsias. Echium Caucasicum is a fine dark blue most graceful spring-blooming plant is Amsonia Tabernce-montana. It grows about two feet high. Its terminal thrysoidpanicles of blue flowers are delicately tinted with a metalliclustre. It succeeds only on moist subsoils, rooting deeply, andis impatient of removal. Primula Japonica has proved quitehardy on the rock garden, and is now in bloom. Podophyllum appear to enjoy shade ; the only chance oi success is withseedlings. O. palustris is later in blooming, of a delicate pur-ple color. The vernal Snowflake in bloom was a reminder ofdays gone by. It succeeds only in sheltered places. In shadealso are several patches of Cypripedium pubescens. Theseplants will not succed on a dry subsoil. Vancouveria hexcan-dra is a low-growing and interesting member of the Barberry 226 Garden and Forest. [Number 432. family.
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