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intoxicating drink is sometimes made "by steeping the leaves and 

 stems in water, making a Fox-glove tea. They thrive in any gar- 

 den soil, and may be made perennial by dividing the roots, after 

 they have done flowering, in the fall. They appear to best advan- 

 tage when planted among shrubbery. In the neighborhood of 

 Halifax, If ova Scotia, they require favorable situations, and to 

 be protected in winter; and the same will hold true of all sections 

 where the winters are severe, and the ground not covered con- 

 tinually with snow. 



DiCENTRA. — The Bleeding Heart. — This is one of the most 

 beautiful and most hardy of all our herbaceous plants, one of the 

 few that does not flourish well unless it has a season of fix>st, and 

 will thrive throughout the Dominion. The plant has a very neat 

 and graceful habit, its leaves are a light transparent green, and the 

 heart-shaped flowers, arranged in bending sprays, are of a bright 

 rosy pink, with pearly white corollas, set in frosted silver. The 

 flowers are produced in great profusion, and continue during the 

 month of May. It grows in any well-drained garden soil and is 

 well worthy a place in every Canadian garden. There is a pure 

 white-flowered variety of recent introduction, which is much 

 ad mi red and believed to be perfectly hardy. 



FuNKiA. — Tlie Day-Lilij. — These are also perfectly hardy, of 

 very easy culture, growing in any garden, and very ornamental. 

 Each flower lasts only for a single day, but the plant continues 

 in bloom for some time. They are all propagated by divisions of 

 the roots in spring. 



The White Day-Lily. — Has large, tube-shaped, very fragrant, 

 white flowers, produced in succession upon stems about two feet 

 high. In flower in July. 



The Blue Day-Lily. — Produces light blue flowers in the same 

 manner, but they are not fragrant nor as large as the white. 

 Blooms a little earUer than the white. 



The Variegated Day-Lily. — Is a blue-flowered variety with 



handsomely variegated leaves ; very attractive. 



Helleborus Niger. — The Christmas Rose. — This interest- 

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