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the cottage yards in New York and New England 

 in August and September, with its turned caps of 

 orange-red, and black spots and stems. It is per- 

 fectly hardy and can be established without any 

 trouble whatever. It is good to have in the garden 

 on account of the lateness of its bloom, and should 

 be planted amid Hemerocallis fulra and flava to 

 hide the bareness of these plants when their flowers 

 have past and their foliage is inclined to shabbiness. 



Funkia grandiflora, and G. alba, are splendid 

 in clumps at intervals of ten feet or so, or as a 

 border along a hedgeless path leading to the garden 

 or the kitchen garden. The foliage is a refreshing 

 green all Summer and they bloom at a time when 

 flowers are particularly desirable and interesting. 



Campanula should be sown in early Spring in the 

 cold frame and transplanted to another frame to 

 winter. The variety rotundifolia may be used 

 along the edges of the paths between the Roses and 

 Iris or planted in front of C. pyramidalis which 

 grows to a greater height and is very showy. Py- 

 ramidalis is good combined with Lilies, and a few 

 clumps may be planted in the large beds among 

 the Phloxes. 



