The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist . withstood last Winter(40° below zero) unprotected in the open garden,unscathed; csespitosa survived under some leavesand a wooden shutter, but alongside of it tricho-calyx perished. The rest of our sorts are lastSprings seedings. EDITORIAL NOTES. Dracocephalum.—In old times we used togrow in our beds of hardy herbaceous plantsDracocephalum Virginiana, and thought it thegem of the collection. Going through Ohio thisSummer we saw occasional patches still morebeautiful than we had ever seen it under culture,and we wondered more why it is not universal-l
The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist . withstood last Winter(40° below zero) unprotected in the open garden,unscathed; csespitosa survived under some leavesand a wooden shutter, but alongside of it tricho-calyx perished. The rest of our sorts are lastSprings seedings. EDITORIAL NOTES. Dracocephalum.—In old times we used togrow in our beds of hardy herbaceous plantsDracocephalum Virginiana, and thought it thegem of the collection. Going through Ohio thisSummer we saw occasional patches still morebeautiful than we had ever seen it under culture,and we wondered more why it is not universal-ly grown. We have two varieties in thosegardens which have it at all, one known as and the other as D. denticulata,which is a much larger growing kind, thoughbotanists generally regard them as but forms ofone species. Strictly speaking we should saythese have been removed from the old genus Dra-cocephalum, and are now Physostegia. Whenin Europe last Summer, we noted a pretty onebeing grown as D. Moldavica, introduced chiefly. by M. Vilmorin, of Paris. The accompanyinglittle cut will give some idea of its manner 01growth. The Carolina Poplar.—A Western paper saysthat Dr. Furnas, of Danville, is propagating theCarolina Poplar, Populus angulata. Here is acase where the benefit of a botanical name comesin. The Populus angulata would make a goodshade tree if it were not susceptible to a rust inearly Fall, which gives the tree a disagreeable look. It is a rounder headed tree than the Caro-lina Poplar, which is the Populus Western friends will do mischief by con-founding these two. Abies Engelmanni.—A writer in the GardenersChronicle signing the letter H, and dating fromSalt Lake City, speaks of having visited Colora-do, and of finding Abies Engelmanni and , varieties of the same thing. It isa great pity such errors should continue to bepropagated, for, as we have recently stated, thereis no close affinity between the two. Crown Imperials.
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