THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



June are used. The blossoms are very small, and are borne 

 I-15 in a gauzy mass that looks very graceful and pleasing 

 when spangled over a bunch of large, bright flowers, 

 such as Sweet Peas. It grows three feet high. There 

 is a dwarf form of it called Compacta. Gypsophila 

 Repens is a white-flowered trailing plant for the rockery, 

 and there is a blush variety of it. 



The ^^ French Honeysuckle " (Hedysarum Coronarium), 

 with red flowers, growing about two feet high, and its 

 white variety. Album, are useful plants. 



The Helianthemums, or Sun Roses, are useful for the 

 rockery, and come readily enough from seed. 



One or two useful Sunflowers (Helianthus) are 

 perennials, notably Orgyalis, the " Willow-leaved Sun- 

 flower," which has slender, drooping leaves ; and 

 Rigidus (Harpalium Rigidum), a much dwarfer plant. 



The Sweet Rockets or Dame's Violets (Hesperis) are 

 old favourites, which flower freely, and have a strong 

 violet perfume. The type Matronalis is purple, and 

 there are lilac and white varieties, also dwarf white and 

 violet forms. 



The Heucheras are amongst the most brilliant and 

 graceful of hardy perennials. The bright flowers are 

 borne on spikes about two feet high. The best known 

 species is Sanguinea, coral coloured, and there are white 

 and rose varieties of it. Every flower lover should grow 

 some of the Heucheras in the border or on the rockery. 



The Yellow Hawkweed (Hieracium Villosum), with its 

 hoary leaves, is a useful plant for borders and rock- 

 work. The blend of colour in leaf and bloom is 

 very uncommon. 



Hollyhocks, as we saw in an earlier chapter, may be 

 sown under glass in winter for blooming in the garden 

 the same year, but those who have not the convenience 

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