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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



considerable part of the stock is removed 

 to pits in May. Take cuttings during 

 spring and summer from firm side slioots 

 when just ripe. Strike under a bell-glass 

 iu sand, with gentle bottom heat. The 

 best compost is equal parts of sandy loam, 

 turfy peat, and very rotten dung. They 

 require moderate warmth, but will winter 

 in a house which is never lower than 35°. 

 The average should be io". The great 



point in getting good specimens is to stop 

 them frequently, so as to get them as dense 

 and bushy as possible, before they begin to 

 tlower, for the flowers come at the ends of 

 the branches like stars, and if the branches 

 are multiplied, the plants will present a 

 dense array of their cheerful blossoms. 

 Humilis has pinkflowers; purpurea, purple 

 and large, sesamoides, purple and white. 



SELECTION OF HAEDT nEEBACEOtJS BOEDER FLOWEES. 



To be sown during July and August, to bloom next season. Particularly choice 

 subjects marked thus *. {Concluded from page 138.) 



Height. Colour. 



Gaillardia aristata ... 2 ... Orange 



„ Richardsoni *■ ...") ... 1^... Orange 



Galega officinalis [ Goat's Eue ... 4... Blue 



„ alba ) ... 3 ... White 



Gaura Liudheimeria * . . . 2 . . . White & red 



Gazania rigens * ... 1 ... Orange 



Gentiana acaulis * "] ... f... Blue 



„ Catesbsea j ... 1 ... Blue 



„ intermedia }> Gentian ... 2 ... Pm-ple 



„ alpina* | ... i... Blue 



(many others) 



Geranium affine 



„ Altaicum 



„ Ibericum 



„ Lamberti 



J, Lancastriense 

 sylvaticum 



J 



Geranium 



Geum atrosanguiueum ) , 



„ grandiflorum ] ^^^"^ 



Gypsophila Steveni 



Hibiscis palustris 



Iberis sempervirens * ")--, j./.. 



„ semperflorens* ] Candytuft 



Iris susiana ^ 



,, Gerraanica j 



,, pumila* !>Iri3 



„ sub-biflora j 



,, Chinensis J 



Inula glandiflora 



Lathyrus latifolius "Jt^ , ,• -n 



•' ,, } Everlasting Pea 



„ albus ) '^ 



Leucanthemum album 



Linum Lewisii * ~\ 



„ luteum > Flax 



„ variegatum 3 



Lupinus magnificus 



„ arboreus 



„ Douglasi 



„ grandifolius )■ Lupin 



J, polyphyllus * 



„ Nootkatensis | 



(many others) J 

 Lychnis Chalcedonica 



„ alba 



„ mutabilis 



„ fulgens 



1 .., 



1^... 

 U.. 

 U.. 



1 .. 



11... 



2 .. 



n.. 



H.. 



3 ... 



i 

 2 . .. 



2 .. 



3 .. 



Begin to 

 bloom. 



August. 



July. 



July. 



July. 



June. 



June. 



March. 



June. 



Oct. 



July. 



2i.. 

 li.. 



3 .. 

 3 .. 

 3 .. 



li.. 



Blue 



Pale red 



Blue 



Red 



Striped .., 



Purple 



Dark blood 



Scarlet 



White 



Pink 



White 



White 



Striped 



Blue 



Purple 



Purple 



Purple 



Yellow 



Purple 



White 



White 



Blue 



Yellow 



Lilac & white ... 



White and pur..,. 



Lilac 



Purple 



Purple 



Various 



Blue 

 Scarlet 

 White 

 Rosy white 

 Scarlet 



Jmie. 



July. 



June. 



July. 



July. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



July. 



July. 



May. 



May. 



April. 



May. 



May. 



April. 



May. 



July. 



July. 



July. 



June. 



June. 



June. 



June. 



June. 



July. 



June. 



July. 



June. 



May. 

 June. 

 June. 

 June. 

 June. 



