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GARDEN FLOWERS. 



GERANIUM SANQUINhUM. 



grandiflora) are a fine, showy family from the Western 



States that have been much improved recently. Gaillardia 

 gratid'iflora bears bright yellow and 

 red flowers on stout, erect stems 

 one foot high. They continue in 

 bloom all through July, August, 

 and September. 



Geranium sanguineum, blood- 

 red geranium, is from Great Britain 

 and grows one to two feet high, 

 with spreading, almost trailing, and 

 much intertwined stems forming 



in well developed plants finely rounded masses about two 



feet wide. The leaves are roundish and much and deeply 



divided. The flowers, one and a half inches across, grow 



singly on long, slender stalks, are large, dark red or purple, 



and appear in greater or less profusion throughout summer 



and autumn. 



Gillenia trifoliate, Bowman's 



root, is a native plant twelve to 



eighteen inches high. The reddish 



stems bear handsomely-cut foliage 



and at the top a loose open head of 



white flowers, sometimes tinged with 



rose. The branches of the head of 



flowers are so slender that the long- 



petaled flowers look light, floating, 



and very graceful. 



Funkia subcordata is an early plantain lily and so is F. 



ovata, both blooming in midsummer. Its flowers grow in 



BOWMAN'S ROOT. 

 (GILLENIA TRIFOLIATAJ 



