ROSE TIME 



Ferny foliage and yellow flowers, is pretty, and will June 

 thrive in shade, likewise on poor chalky land. It spreads ^"^5 

 rather too fast if left uncurbed, almost becoming a weed, 

 so that it must be kept in check. 



Critcianella Stylosa, the Crosswort, grows about six 

 inches high, and has rosy flowers. 



Delphiniums (several useful species of perennial Lark- 

 spur) come true from seed, although the florists' varieties 

 are best propagated by division. Cardinale, scarlet, 

 three to five feet high ; Cashmirianum, blue, and its white 

 variety, both about eighteen inches high ; Formosum, 

 deep blue, three to four feet high, and its lighter coloured 

 variety Coelestinum ; and Grandiflorum, deep blue, 

 dwarf, are all good. Nor should Nudicaule be neglected. 

 This beautiful dwarf perennial Larkspur has scarlet 

 flowers, and is a very fine plant. 



The Dianthuses comprise a large number of beautiful 

 species, prominent among which is Barbatus, the Sweet 

 William. One can now get splendid Sweet Williams in 

 scarlet, salmon, and pink, which come true from seed. 

 As border plants, I consider these to be much more 

 desirable than the Auricula-eyed, of which florists were 

 once so proud. The Indian and Japanese Pinks are also 

 Dianthuses. I have shown already how these can be 

 flowered from seed the same year by sowing under glass 

 in winter ; but they may be sown in the garden in June 

 if desired for flowering the following year. Several of 

 the perennial Dianthuses are beautiful plants for the 

 rock garden, and of those which can be raised from seed 

 I may name Caesius, the Cheddar Pink, rose ; Deltoides, 

 the Maiden Pink, rose, and its white variety, Albus ; 

 Neglectus, rosy carmine ; and Superbus, rose. 



Dictamnus Albus^ the Fraxinella or so-called " Burn- 

 ing Bush," is a handsome and extraordinary plant. 

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