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Title: Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927
Subjects: Botany Gardening Forests and forestry
Publisher: New York : The Garden and forest publishing co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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shed masses, the plant isa never-failing source of gratification. There are, at the pres-ent time, many more striking hardy plants in bloom, but cer-tainly none more pleasing. This Heuchera thrives best in a 320 Garden and Forest. (Number 176. light and moderately rich soil. The best situation is onewhere the roots will be moderately dry in winter, and whichaffords moisture and partial shade in summer. Propagateby dividing the plants early in the season before growthcommences. Ranunculus aconitifolius.—This is a native of Europe,and was introduced in 1596. It is a hardy herbaceous peren- it was not known to be wild anywhere in his time. At allevents, it has long been a favorite among hardy border plants,and is invariably met with in those rare old-fashioned gardenskept by really old-fashioned people in parts of England andIreland, They would hardly know it by such a name as R.aconitifolius, however, being satisfied with such simplenames as Bachelors Buttons and Fair Maids of France.
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Fig. 55.—A View in Bronx Park, New York.—See page 314. nial, from twelve to eighteen inches high, and of profusebranching habit. The flowers are small, white and single,but they appear in great abundance. It is seldom found ingardens, but the variety known as R. aconitifolius flore pleno isa popular plant. This was introduced about the same time asthe species, according to Loudon, but Gerard informs us that Masses, about a yard across, intermixed with similar masses ofother plants, are more effective than those of larger dimen-sions. Occasional clumps on the verge of a shrubbery have apleasing effect, and the flowers are among the best that canjbeused for cutting. \ .--^ Cambridge, Mass. M. Barker. July 8, 1891.) Garden and Forest. 321 Carnivorous Plants. Cephalotus follicularis.—This new Holland Pitcher-plant,though hy no means new, is infrequently seen. It is perhapsthe oddest member of the Saxifrage family, because it pro-duces leaves of two very different forms on the same p

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