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GARDEN FLOWERS. 



ACHILLEA PTARMICA. 



desirable and 



corymbs and lias attractive foliage. It grows two to 

 three feet high and blooms from July to October. A. 

 millefolium roseum, rose-colored 

 milfoil, blooms all summer. The 

 leaves are finely divided. It 

 grows one to two feet high. A. 

 Ptarmica, fl. pi., sneezewort, is a 

 showy species bearing pure white 

 double flowers. It grows about a 

 foot high. 



Anthemis tinctoria, the yellow 

 charnomile, is one of the most 

 showy hardy herbaceous plants. The 

 flowers are golden yellow and one to two inches across. It 

 grows from twelve to eighteen inches high and blooms from 

 July to November. AntJiericum liliago, St. Bernard's lily, 

 grows one foot to one and a half foot high. The leaves 

 are narrow-channelled, in con- 

 siderable tufts. It produces 

 lengthened racemes of pure white 

 flowers all summer. The flowers 

 are open and spreading. A. 

 Liliastrum, St. Bruno's lily, differs 

 from the last chiefly in producing 

 larger flowers that are not spread- 

 ing but bell-shaped. The Ascle- 

 pias, butterfly weed, or swal- 

 low-wort, is showy and effective 

 in masses. It comes from North America. A. tuberosa 

 is one of the best. It grows one to two feet high. The 



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