New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-28
wr1n.rI.OwER GARDENs

7, has become tho fashion - lat" years ~ ~ u
va,c wld-n flower gardens. When fAis N o"h' ''
telligenty Il helps % preservo some Vn'HAhe h"'''
,lsn,s ,hs, ere IN danger 81 extinction Unless the
soil OF tho bed in which the Wild flowers are grown
"a carefully prepared. md me sam" conHiiion' are
observed IN cultivation that surround ne flowers ~
their native habitat. the eNort. ho~"v'r WI %"
worse ,han wasted a great many. u n0' ail. it"
best Of rare Viii n0w'rs which are sH'hp." i'f
cultivation may now Doe obtained from florists. who
an! no trouble IN raising rare orchids If" ino-f
delighiful way - start lf-nc""r garden j. 70
gather the specimen lu country tramps 'o 'he
meadows or woodlands. II j. "'ii'i i''--t'i'
however rar n Hew- Yorker who = not h' af.si
% secure much treasure troy" 81 -" way 10 ran"
Wild flowers near his city Tho common h"pauca
,ri.ba Is almost the only one - tho ordinary
Auru Wild flowers thnf looks Wei planted
IN masses iu Wild flower garden or N '
shady spot on the lawn under the trees Mass ~
hv rse.f ne ihickly "a nature sometimes does. and
see that u r. planted 10 rich woodland mould &c
cas,oraly the sanguluaria obloodrooD may bee
nlantcd effectively IN a corner Of tho lawn. where
I, comes up year after year. and vii max" "A
pretty show OF lts pcarly blossoms early IN April
The hepatica opens iis azure. pal" PINK "r "hl''
cups as carly as Aprii g. and viii probably 10
found IN bloom bout week earlier Ia the vicinity
OF New-York city. Byron well describes the char
acterisiic stem Of the plant in THE Fountain.
though # IS an American flower and ho could only
have seen II in cultivation
sangiinaria from who's" brittle stem
The rcd drops fen Ike blood
The pr,fty caytouia. the true spring beauty
blossoms AZ about the same time as I'D" poo'-
roo, but Il .s hardy effective enough FOR cuI'I'A-
,,on IN a garden II IS too nearly allied TO the
common .pusey" not To look Ike weed
Trailing Arbutus usually comes INTO hover late
T., AMI = ,ew DAYS later than the other flowers
,,,opcd While the writer has had perfect sue
cess I'm cultivaiing all the cypfipedluinS' eA''p'
o,.n-,ned,urn acaule and has raised and brought
into perrect flower severa orchids mat rarely
flower I'm the woods. the trailing afbu'us mas d"
vays eludeG all Efforts to make u I'VE IN ''e
p,rdon peter Henderson says that II can Dc ehA'E
grown I'm a shaded border hy removing me pant
from the woods In the autumn. and being caI'iN'
no, To- disturb IN. roots. AFTER planting IL IN q
sandy soil. protect 1t by siight covering OF utI
leave II require howov.r to h' undei 5otis' ,I
Of cod ava n f9 sn ms The % Ike
AL the Thaictrums. bears tiAhs9""li.e WI ",,"
inoks well grown among the grass under some
Tree The smaller meadOw ruos LOOK W" Ia a
shnd.d border planted with wild columbincs. ma
i've ferns especially maidenhniis. cardinal now
sonarii as and o'h"r plants. winch come INTO dos
som and fruit nj different times ia The year -,
inc pretticst plant for a spriug hofd"f 10 WHO
Nod f. thc diccnira cuculara. some ines known
hy the familiar name Of white hearts. an" "s1 ~,
iy he poeiic name Of Dutchinnns lfc"rhrs us
d9Iuiv blush grc"u foliage cut TX" q delicate
fern and it, profusion OF white blossoms max II
Should be- another border OF smalr ferns to take
g. ,i,cc Tho polypodium vugarc do well after
The Giccnira has faded, and. being evergreen last
min they are covered up for tho winter with
leaves An exceedingly pretty plant. 10 plt inside
the dicontra border * the Ordus spcctnhlns. ms
may be planted inside m" dlccntra border amour
six inches apart. II grows well blossoms proius'P
and increases rapidly. II H. the earliest OF our ma,
five orchids and OF tho most interesting of an
our species 10 the bOtauist II agrees Glossy WIN
the English orchis mascula, 50 carefully studied ny
Darwin The pretty liparis ltufoia comes mp year
after year. but in our Wild beds docs not seem 10
grow much The spcranihcs ccruua. or lady's
tresses has been repeatedly planted but II Is apt
TO die. The cypTipcdium acaulc. or PINK lady
sllppcr is the only one Of the ladyslippers which
refuses be transplanted. II seems TO be the gen
eraI verdict OF every who has tried 10 trans
plant II that II seldom survives the first year Yet
|, IL one OF the most common OF all the ladyslp'
pers I'm the woods though II does not seem 70 be a
iong-Sived plant -
The writer has frequently marked vigorous
miami in the fall only TO find II gone the next year
Caypso borealis beautiful but rare orchid In the
East but common H. oregon, has been successfully
iransp.anted from that State - Wild beds In this