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TUE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fk;. 2004. Cosmos (White). 



ing from pure white to pink and deep crim- 

 son, make them indispensable for summer 

 decorative purposes. 



The old-fashioned Columbine (aquilegfia) 

 must not be omitted from this list, many of 

 the new hybrid varieties are very beautiful 

 and effective in a mixed border of plants. 

 These can be raised from seed and will 

 flower the second season if sown early the 

 preceding- summer. The plant from which 

 the flowers were taken, as shown in the 

 accompanying- photo, was one raised from 

 an ordinary packet of seed. Aquilegia 

 chrysantha (yellow) and A. cerulea (pale 

 blue and white) are two of perhaps the pret- 

 tiest varieties under cultivation. 



Coreopsis grandiflora gives a bountiful 

 supply of its yellow daisy-like flowers in 

 early summer and makes a good variety in 

 a mixed collection ot plants. The double 

 flowering Spirea filipendula is a low growing 

 and attractive little flower, its finely-cut 

 foliage being a recommendation, making it 

 very useful to use with cut flowers in vases, 

 etc. The two varieties of perennial Cam- 

 panulas (Canterbury Bells), C. persicifolia 

 (blue), and C. persicifolia alba (white), are 

 hardy, showy, and very little trouble to suc- 

 ceed with. Gaillardia grandiflora with its 



large, yellow margined, chocolate centered 

 flowers, that stand boldly erect from its 

 somewhat meagre foliage cannot be omitted, 

 its free and continuous habit of flowering 

 making it a valuable plant for the flower 

 garden. A plant or two of Rudbeckia (Gold- 

 en glow), are suitable plants either as single 

 specimens on a lawn, or for planting in the 

 f]i">wer-horder, for which, owing to their tall 



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