white sprays of the latter bending over to meet the erect spikes June, 

 of the Campanula. Valerian 



For rough places where little can be expected to grow, Geranium 

 Valerian must not be despised ; it enjoys old walls or steep an( j Giant 

 banks. The sketch, made in a garden which not many years p 

 ago was nothing but an old chalk pit, shows how gay a clothing 

 it can be to arid spots. There are three distinct sorts, white, 

 pink, and a fine red. 



Geraniums are worth introducing, especially into the wild 

 garden, where they look thoroughly appropriate, and are gay 

 with flowers all the month. There is a pale mauve one, native 

 to Scotland, which in garden soil makes a good clump three feet 

 high. Geranium pratense is a large deep purple one. The 

 handsomest of all is claret-coloured, the large flowers pencilled 

 very delicately with dark lines. 



The giant Parsnip, Heracleum giganteum, is a splendid 

 plant f)r naturalising under trees, or in any spot of which it can 

 be allowed to take entire possession. Handsome as it is, the 

 immense leaves and great white umbels ten feet or more in 

 height, and the freedom with which it seeds, make it an almost 

 impossible plant for the border. We have spared a few in one 

 place, because they make such a good background to Delphiniums. 

 It is magnificent if given room and allowed to form a miniature 

 forest of its own. 



The flowering shrubs of this month are too many to be 

 included in these short notes, but it must not be forgotten that 

 Lilacs, Laburnums, Guelder Roses, Weigelas, etc., all belong to 

 the early Summer. Honeysuckles, too, flower through May, 

 June and July, and some kinds, like the late Dutch, right up 

 to the Autumn. They should be largely grown in the wild 



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