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Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal) is a graceful and hardy 

 flower, growing 2 or 3 feet high, with arching stems and 

 drooping white flowers ; it does well in partial shade or 

 amongst shrubs, and is very suitable for early forcing in 

 pots. 



Potentilla (Cinquefoil) belongs to an extensive family. 

 Some of the species come from the Alps, others from the 

 Himalayas. There are many named varieties combining 

 every shade of colour and of all sizes. Some are well 

 suited to the rock garden. 



Pyrethrum (Single and Double), a showy border 

 flower, and has become extremely popular. The plants 

 should only be propagated in spring by pulling the old 

 roots to pieces, placing them in small pots in a cold frame 

 for some weeks, and then bedding out. 



Pyrethrum uliginosum is a glorious plant growing to 

 a height of 6 feet, with clusters of white Ox-eye Daisy 

 flowers, admirable for cutting purposes. It comes in late 

 in autumn, and is a welcome addition to the garden just 

 then. 



Richardia /Ethiopica (Lily of the Nile) comes, strangely 

 enough, not from North but South Africa. It was one of 

 the earliest of the many plants brought from the Cape. 

 With us it is usually grown under glass, but in some 

 favoured places it has been naturalised in shallow water, 

 and in any case the plants should spend their summer 

 under such conditions. 



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