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myriad blossoms gracefully produced, render them 

 especially noteworthy. The variety camposii is pretty. 



Pinks. These are too well-known to need comment. 

 In the section of the border devoted to white flowers, 

 a variety, like Her Majesty, can ill be spared. 



Divarf Phlox. The clustering blossoms of these 

 charming plants show to advantage in the front of the 

 border. The alba variety of the well-known P. Subulata, 

 and P. Nelsonii are both good whites. 



These are all under a foot in height, and make a 

 pleasant foreground for the nobler plants behind them. 



White flowers require to be used sparingly, as con- 

 stant repetition wearies the eye. Though generally 

 regarded as a positive colour, there are various shades, 

 and it is best to include cream tinted flowers in the 

 same section, using the hardest whites to give the 

 effect of a high light. 



PLANTS WITH YELLOW FLOWERS 



Heleniums. Few plants are better adapted for giving 

 quantities of cut bloom. Either H. autumnale or the 

 improved variety superbum, which is a noble flower, 

 should be grown. August to October. 



Helianthus. A beautiful race of showy flowers. 

 The rigldus variety Miss Mellish, and Soleil d'Or in the 

 decapetalus section, are both worthy of a place , also 

 giganteus with flowers of a paler colour. 



Bocconla Cordata.- Plume Poppy. A good foliage 

 plant. 



Rudbeckia. Coneflower. Late summer and autumn 

 flowering plants. R. laciniata, Golden Glow is one of 

 the best, the flowers being produced on slender stalks 

 in great profusion. 



Verbascum. Mullein. Stately plants, attaining, when 

 well grown, a height of IO ft. V. Chaixi, syn. V. 



