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Iberbaceous plants* 



Snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus. This perennial is 

 often grown as an annual for summer bedding. There are 

 many beautiful varieties of which some are quite dwarf and 

 compact, forming dense masses of deep green foliage ; leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate, opposite ; flowers large, in terminal 

 racemes, varying in color from pure white to bright crimson 

 and purple. It may be propagated annually from seeds 

 sown in a frame or greenhouse. It forms nice beds and is 

 also very desirable in borders and rockeries. 



Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. A very showy plant 

 with simple, erect stems from three to five feet high, 



lanceolate or oblong wrinkled leaves 

 and a long dense raceme of thimble- 

 like flowers varying in color from 

 purple to pale rose and pure white, 

 the corolla being more or less spotted 

 inside. A desirable biennial or peren- 

 nial plant for sunny positions, easily 

 raised from seeds. Large-flowered 

 foxglove (D. ambigua) is less tall 

 and has larger, creamy-white flow- 

 ers veined with brown. Both flower 

 in summer, sometimes quite 

 late. Thrive in any moder- 

 ately good soil. They are 

 fine in borders and shrub- 



f\Q. 150. FOXGLOVE (DIGITALIS PURPUREA). bei'ieS. 



Monkey-Flower, Mimulus cardinalis. A handsome 

 riverside plant of an erect, branching habit, with opposite, 

 ovate, stem-clasping leaves and very showy axillary flowers of 



