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Commercial Gardening 



Romneya Coulteri. A fine Calif ornian Poppy wort, 2-8 ft. high, with 

 deeply cut leaves and large sweet-scented white flowers, 6 in. or more 

 across, from June to September, and with a conspicuous bunch of golden- 

 yellow stamens in the centre. The simplest way to raise plants is from 



seeds sown in heat in spring, afterwards 

 potting the plants up singly in small 

 pots for sale. When planted in the open 

 they must have the warmest, sunniest, 

 and most sheltered spots, and require 

 protection in winter in most places. 



Rudbeckia(CoNE FLOWER). A genus 

 of North American annuals and peren- 

 nials, vigorous in growth and glowing in 

 colour, the flowers being remarkable for 

 the raised cone-like disk in the centre. 

 They flourish in any good garden soil, 

 and may be raised from seeds and by 

 Fig. ui.-Rwu*cHa kirta division of the roots in autumn or spring 



