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BALLOON FLOWER (Platycodon grandiflorurri). Blue, purple, white. 

 July to October; I to 3 feet. Largest bell-flower that can be easily 

 grown. Flowers 3 inches across. Stake early, and don t cut stems 

 in fall. Give good drainage. Divide early in spring when growth 

 starts. 



*BALM, BEE. OSWEGO TEA, INDIAN PLUMES (Monarda didyma). Scarlet 

 August; 2| feet. More red flowers than any other herb. As easy 

 to multiply as mint. Grand for massing in woods, or on sunny 

 streams sides. Attracts humming-birds. Fragrant foliage. 



*BALM, MOLDAVIAN (Dracocepbalum Moldavicuni). Blue. August, 

 September; 2 feet. Labiate flowers in whorls at intervals in long 

 racemes. Do not plant in dry soils fully exposed to sunshine; 

 does best in moderately rich, sandy loam, moist and shaded. Flowers 

 small and soon fade. Increase by seeds or division. 



*BEARD TONGUE (Pentstemon barbatus). Light pink to carmine. 

 June to August; 3 feet. Flowers I inch long, borne in a loose, 

 slender, foxglove-like inflorescence. Very beautiful in mass effect, 

 but trivial otherwise. One of the best native perennials, growing in 



any garden soil. , BLUE (P. diffusus). June, July; 2 feet. Similar, 



but with bluish purple flowers. Several otherspecies also in cultiva 

 tion. (P. deustus). Has pale yellow flowers. (P. Cobaa.) 



Purple to white. Parent of numerous garden forms in many colours. 



BEGONIA, HARDY (Begonia Evansiana). Rose pink. June to August; 2 

 feet. Showy red stems and under side of leaf, which is green 

 above. Flowers very freely, and multiplies by bulblets or tubers. 

 Hardy on Long Island, in light, well-drained soil with humus, and 

 easily grown anywhere with light winter protection. Worth more 

 general cultivation. 



BELLFLOWER, CARPATHIAN (Campanula Carpaticd). Blue. June, 

 July, and scattering later on; i to ij feet. Easiest to grow, and 

 most permanent low-growing member of the bellflower family. 

 Only bellflower that gives bloom all the autumn. Sow in spring 



in good, rich soil and give protection in winter. , 



HAIRY (C. Trac helium). Purple or blue flowers less than one 

 inch long. Lingers about deserted homesteads. Rough of leaf 

 and unrefined in colour. Blue form is the best. , PEACH- 

 LEAVED (C. per sicaf olid). Blue or white. Flowers 2 inches wide, 

 ij inches long, and very characteristic leaves. Mid- June; 2 to 3 



