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growing shrubs, to give colour to masses of green. It is too 

 gross, however, for small gardens, but where wide herbaceous 

 borders exist it is an excellent plant for back lines. 



A. lingulata {Tongue-leaved Sjieezeivort). — This species pro- 

 duces tongue-shaped bluntly-pointed leaves, diminishing m 

 width downwards, sharply toothed on the margins and downy, 

 as are also the stems. The corymbs are dense, compact, and 

 umbel-like, and the flowers, pure white, are produced in July 

 and August. Height 9 inches to i foot. Native of Hungary. 

 Suitable alike for border and rockwork. 



A. Millefolium, fol. var. ( Variegated-leaved Milfoil). — This is 

 a pretty and desirable form of this common wayside plant. 

 The finely-divided leaves are variegated with creamy-yellow 

 colouring. It may never be very useful in the flower-garden 

 as a bedding plant, but in the mixed border and rockwork it 

 will be found pleasing and attractive. 



A. Ptarmica flore-pleno {Douhle-flotvered Sneezewort). — This 

 is a handsome sort, growing about i foot or 18 inches high, 

 with lance-shaped acute leaves, sharply toothed on the mar- 

 gins. The corymbs of flower are dense and white, and are 

 produced from early summer till late autumn. Native of Britain. 



A. tomentosa ( Woolly-leaved Milfoil). — This is one of the 

 handsomest of the dwarf species. It forms low close masses 

 of delicately-divided densely-woolly leaves. The flower-stems 

 rise to the height of from 6 to 12 inches, bearing cor}'mbs of 

 bright yellow flowers, which appear from May till late autumn. 

 It is very handsome on rockwork or in the front lines of mixed 

 borders. Native of the Alps. 



Antennaria {Cafs-ea?-). — This is a genus of unpretending 

 plants, mostly of very low stature, and having hoary or silvery 

 grey foliage and everlasting flowers, which will be found useful 

 for bouquets and general room decoration in winter, but for 

 this purpose they are inferior in point of colour and size to 

 many already in use. The dwarf species are very appropriate 

 ornaments of rockwork and the marginal lines of beds and 

 borders, and the last of the selected species has been used 

 with good effect in the carpeting style of bedding-out. The 

 taller species are rather straggling plants, and not very showy, 

 though rather distinctive, and may be desirable where the 

 space and collections are large. They flourish best in light 

 sandy loam, rather dry than otherwise, and may be propagated 

 by division in spring. 



A. dioica {Mountain Cafs-ea?-). — This is a very dwarf species, 

 producing slowly-extending procumbent rooting stems, cloth- 

 ing the ground with small, tongue-shaped, densely-woolly leaves 



