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in combination with Campanulas, Delphiniums and 

 so forth, and make a good foreground for such 

 plants. They grow much more luxuriantly in Eng- 

 land however than they do with us, and it would 

 not be well to rely too much upon their cooperation 

 for effects in the common sense garden. Plant 

 them in front of Canterbury Bells, or Larkspur, and 

 the yellow Pyrethrums make a good foreground for 

 White Lilies. They need much moisture and should 

 be kept well watered, and in dry seasons mulched 

 with manure. The single varieties are like Daisies 

 in form, but come in many colours such as crimson, 

 pink, white and yellow ; and the single varieties are 

 the best ones for a small garden. The double va- 

 rieties are more like Chrysanthemums, and as they 

 bloom in June their form seems a little bit incon- 

 gruous and affected in a modest enclosure. Cer- 

 tain seedsmen of England have much improved 

 Pyrethrums of late years and it is to them that we 

 owe the large range of colour. The best colours 

 to use for a small garden in combination with Lilies 

 or Campanula or Delphinium are yellow and white. 

 The flowers are borne most profusely in June, and 

 if the bushes are well cut down just as the bloom 



