GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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tion in winter, but blossoming freely as a bedding-plant in 

 summer. Soil, sandy loam, in a warm exposure. The 

 plants should be raised from seed in summer, and wintered 

 in the greenhouse ready to plant out the following May. 



/. axillarisj I foot ; flowers blue, in July ; New South Wales ; 

 1824. 



ITKA. [Escalloniacea::.] A pretty white-flowering native 

 shrub, not hardy in the Northern States. Soil, moist sandy 

 peat. Propagated by suckers and layers. 



I. Virginica (Virginian) ; hardy shrub ; 6 feet ; flowers white, 

 in July. 



IVY. See HEDERA. 



