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Phloxes, Pyrcthrunis and Michaelmas 

 Daisies. 



NC^W is tin.' lime to rn-sluMi up oiu-'s ii>llii.lioiis of 

 ihesi' tlo>vois. or lo roplaco olil favoiirili's wliioli 

 liavo disappi-aioil, aiul a brief" noto of some of 

 I Ik- Ih'sI kiruls may prove um-IuI. 



riie olil iliiilfv sliad»?s of atiUtiniial I'hloxi-s have 

 passeil away, ami iheir sin-ivssors ereaie a .tflow of 

 rich loloiir in solid masses from July lo Oilober. A 

 few of ilie best are— Mme. Paul Dutrie, soft Callleya- 

 piiik ; Dr. Chareot. parmaviolel eolour ; General Van 

 liiuls/, brilliant .salraon-searlet ; Klizabeth Campbell, a 

 splendid new sbade of salmon, clianjfing to pink ; 

 Aiirore, riehesi salmon-searlet ; Coquelicot, the favourite 

 lieiy orani^e-searlet. 



Sew Miehaebnas Daisit-s imlude Heauty of CoKvall, 

 the first doubled-tlowered kind, lavender-blue ; Chastity, 

 a pure white form of lion. Eldilh Ciibbs ; Keston Blue, 

 the riehesi blue of all, ver\- starry (lowers; Climax, 

 elear liifhl blue, two inches across; Moonstone, unique 

 ifrey-while with larife yellow centre. Comparatively 

 new and iiulispensable kinds embraci' Lil Fardell, a 

 inai^^nificent pink ; Mrs. S. T. W'rig^ht, tfianl flowers of 

 rosv purple ; Thirza, creamy yellow, overlaid with pale 

 pink ; Win. Marshall, lar^^e clear mauve ; and several 

 splendid hybrids of the amellus type. 



Pyrethrums, both sing-le and doidile, are wisely 

 described as "the earliest free- flir.i'c ri itif ga.\den plants 

 for cutting" ; and some lovely new shades are found in 

 \'vonne Cayeux, Lord Rosebery, Lady Kildare, 

 General French and Jubilee, thoug^h, indeed, amontj 

 sint^^les it is hard to beat James Kelway for brilliance. 



The foregoing are just a few of the good things to be 

 found in the new "Garden Flowers" publication of 

 .Messrs. Watson & Sons. Clontarf Nurseries, Dublin, 

 and the up-to-date collections of perennials offered in 

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ANTIKKMI.N'r.MS (popularly known as snap- 

 dragons) are in the lianils of a discrnninaling 

 g.irdenei- extremely useful as simple aids in 

 obtaining strikingly decorative effects. The wild 

 species \. majus, from which all the cultivated forn»s 

 are derivi'd, is ,i common alien, foiniil growing on i>ld 

 walls in m.my p.irts of the British Isles. 



" I ;iiii rr>otc-(i in ii wall 

 t)f biittrc;.>'il lower or anciciii ImII : 

 Prison'd in an art-wruuglit l)cil 

 CasL-d in mortar, crumi]<.-d with lead ; 

 Of a livinu stork alone 

 Hriitlicr of tlic lifrliNs stnne." 



So says Newman 

 emblem flower of 

 Hut it was the >.\ 

 pale recluse's cell ' 

 when he wrote his 



of I 111' snapilragon, using it as an 

 "lowly lliought ,ind cheerful pains." 

 ild snapdragon of walls "near the 

 that the C\'irilinal had only in miml 

 well-known poem, and certainly not 



the flaunting garden forms that give such daring dashes 

 of colour lo our beds, borders, and rockerii-s through- 

 out the summer. These thoughts came into one's 

 mind on receiving a little penny booklet on Antirr- 

 hinums, by Mr. F. W. Harve\ , Kditor of The daniin, 

 and published by the .'\. & H.'.V., Ltd. (One and All), of 

 I London. Anil w-hat an interesting little book, too. in 

 I which the gardening history of the flower is freshly 

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 b\- seeds and cuttings, and its general culture in beds, 

 borders, and window-bo.xes. To establish tlu' jilants 

 on walls nothing is easiei-. One has only, with a cold 

 chisel, to dig out a little mortar and replace it with 

 some good well-rammed down soil, bury the seed in it 

 (about August or September), and leave the rest to 

 nature. Amateurs will find Mr. Harvey a pleasant and 

 svmpathetic teacher. 



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