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06 Ibcrbaeccus plants. 



nial about .a foot high. Leaves fingered ; flowers very- 

 showy, blue, late in spring. Fine for naturalizing in masses 

 on baie hillsides or in sandy lawns. It is also a nice plant 

 for rockeries. The annual forms are very attractive plants 

 for summer bedding. They vary in color from white to 

 deep purple. The best are: nanus, blue or white; luteus, 

 dwarf yellow ; mutabilis, flowers large, sweet-scented, violet- 

 purple with the standard yellow in the sceutre ; hybridus, 

 in many colors, one rosy-purple. All these should be sown 

 early in spring, iu the place where they are to flower. 

 Light, sandy loam. 



Clover, Trifolium. — Several kinds of clover are useful 

 for lawn-grass mixtures. The white clover is the most use- 

 ful for this purpose, but for sandy soil the trailing, yellow- 

 flowering kinds, such as the hop trefoil and the sand 

 clover, are also very useful, while in huge, pasture-like 

 lawns in extensive grounds the common red clover may be 

 used and allowed to bloom. 



Sainfoin, OnobrycMs sativa. — An agricultural plant, also 

 useful for ornament on grassy banks. It grows one or two 

 feet high with bright green, pinnate leaves and loose ra- 

 cemes of rosy-pink flowers in summer. 



Coronilla, CoroiiiUa varia. — A very ornamental, spread- 

 ing plant with long, pinnate leaves and numerous umbels 

 of white and rosy-purple flowers all summer. Fine for 

 naturalizing in sandy soil, on rocky banks, or barren slopes. 

 Inclined to spread rapidly by means of underground shoots. 



Cherokee Bean, M'yihrina herbacea. — An exceedingly 

 fine and showy plant with leafy, erect stems, trifoliate 

 leaves, and long, terminal racemes of scarlet flowers in 



