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border and rock-garden among the taller 

 plants. Hardy on free and well-drained 

 soils, it now and then perishes in hard 

 winters, especially on cold soils. It varies 

 a little from seed which is easily raised, 

 but all the forms are worth growing. It 

 is not, however, so readily got fi'om 

 division. This species and its forms have 

 flowers much larger than the common 



bright primrose-yellow, with five black 

 spots on the corolla, which gradually fade 

 and finally disappear. It is hardy either 

 on the rock-garden or in a well-drained 

 border, and prefers partial shade. It is a 

 native of the Caucasus and Northern 

 Persia, and though long introduced is 

 still among the rarest of hardy flowers. 

 Young plants bloom long, which adds to 



Arum crinitum (Dragon's Mouth). 



Thrift. A. setacea is an alpine species, 

 with little globose heads of pink flowers so 

 numerous as almost to conceal the plant 

 on flower-stems from i to 3 in. high. 

 This and A.juncea are found in the S. 

 of France on barren stony mounds and 

 on elevated tablelands. 



ARNEBIA {Prophet-flower).— P^ hand- 

 some and distinct perennial herb, i ft. to 

 18 in. high. A. echioides has flowers of a 



their charms. Cuttings. A. Griffithi is 

 a tender annual, and though pretty not so 

 valuable as A. echioides. 



ABONIA. — A small group of shrubs 

 allied to Pyrus, but distinct in aspect, to 

 my taste very pretty when grouped, but 

 so slender and fragile that mixed in the 

 ordinary way they give little effect, whereas 

 massed they are charming both in flower 

 and in fine colour of leaf in autumn. 



