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luxuriant in partial shade; bulbs or tubers; lemon-yellow 

 flowers; blossoms in July and on. 



*4 Digitalis pur pur ea, gloxin&flora: foxglove; four to six feet 

 high ; flowers in long, erect spires, white and shades of pur- 

 ple, rose and lilac ; plants or seed ; groups of six or more, or 

 irregularly through a border; blossoms in late June and on. 



5 Cimicifuga racemosa: bugbane; four to six feet high; white 

 flowers in rigid, erect racemes, unpleasant smelling; buy 

 plants ; group ; blossoms in July and August. 



*6 Heuchera sanguined : alum root or coral bells; twelve to 

 eighteen inches high; ordinary soil, sun or shade; robust 

 and bushy; bright red flowers in loose spikes; buy plants; 

 plant in groups of four or more ; blossoms in July and August. 



SHRUBS; IN FULL SUN 



i Forsythia suspensa, Fortunei: golden bells; eight feet high, 

 branches spreading, pendulous tips; flowers yellow and 

 bell-like, the entire length of the branches, before the leaves; 

 buy plants; blossoms in April or earlier. 



*2 Eleagnus longipes: silver thorn; six feet high; yellowish- 

 white, fragrant flowers, wreathed along the branches ; fruits 

 bright scarlet, olive-like, edible; buy plants; blossoms in 

 May. 



*3 Rosa rugosa: Japanese rose; six feet high; large pink single 

 flowers; very showy red fruits; buy plants; blossoms in 

 June and at intervals all summer. 



4 Buddleia variabilis, Veitchii: Buddlea; eight feet high; 

 reddish- violet flowers in long, upright, pyramidal clusters; 

 foliage suffused with a rosy white, leaves long and slender; 

 buy plants ; blossoms in July. 



