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assortment of some of tl.o most desirable hardy flowering planU, Bomc of 

 whicli orrow and bloom in beauty every year witl, almost no care Of 

 course the list can be -reatly extended, or selections can bo ma.lo from this 

 and others to suit each tiiste. To many who do not know what to select, 

 these lists will be useful guides. We will briefly notice some of the most 

 desirable sorts. 



Achillea rtm-mica.—Oi the double-flowering variety, dwarf, continuM in 

 bloom a long tunc, good for bouquets, flowers small, of a pure white. 



./lco?i2<c.— Monkshood, mostly with blue flowers; various liights. 



Althca 7?o«co;.— Hollyhock, double varieties, very beautiful, all color* • 

 six or seven feet high. * 



Anemone Japonica.—JnYiaaesc Wind-flower, purplish rcrj flowers, double; 



about two feet in hight. 



Uaptlfila Austral is. —Y-AsQ Indigo, fine blue flowers ; two to thrc-e ti-ti 

 high. 



CamjMinula. — Bell-flower, many varieties, with white and blue flowers; 

 various liights, all pretty. 



Delp/iiniinn. — Larkspur, one of the best herbaceous plants, with fine blue 

 or white flowers. D.formosum and tjrandljlorum are the best. 



Dictaiinnus Fmxinwlla, or Gas plant. 



Dielytra, or Dicentra Spedabilis. — The very finest herbaceous plant. 



Funkia, or Day lily, many varieties; all desirable. 



Iris, or fleur de lis (^flower de luce). 



Lychnis Chalcedonica. — The double variety has splendid scarlet flowers. 



Phloxes. — A splendid class of j^lants, all beautiful, without any exception. 



Pyreihrum. — Feverfew, double white flowers, very neat and jirctty. 



Spirca. — Meadow Sweet, many varieties, all desirable. 



Tradescatitia. — Spiderwort, with white, blue, or red flowers, very pretty. 

 Valerian. — A tall-growing plant, with fragrant white flowers. 



Viola Odorata. — Sweet Violet, very fragrant. 



Chrysanthemxim. — Much improved of late years, and in several yarioties, 

 is one of the most desirable of hardy flowering plants, and is very much 

 loved wherever known. It is one of the very last to flower and cheer us 

 with its many-headed blossoms for the last three months of the de|>arting 

 year, when most other plants have gone their way. Then, again, it is one 

 of the very best window plants. It not only flourishes, but luxuriate* in- 

 doors, if properly cared for. As floral oruamcnts for the green-houi,o ntnl 

 conservatory, they arc unsurpassed. 



To got early flowers from ehrysanthemnm w^od-plants, you 

 seed early in April in pots in the house, and transplant, or el- 

 a very nicely prepared warm bed in May. Uo careful to thin out, to m to 

 give ample room tor t!n' ]ilaiit-t to branch out. 



574. Bulbous FlowrrlDK I'lants.— Tlio earlit>t flowers of tlio garden como 

 from bulbs planted in autumn. In a weilpreparo*! boti, nicely »hcllenHl 

 with a coat of leaves, the crocu«c4 begin to bloom almost m toon M llto 



