THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



June (or Aloides) Grandiflora, orange ; Corallina, scarlet ; 

 I~I5 Macowanii, coral dwarf ; Rooperi, orange ; and Tuckii, 

 bright red, are all popular kinds. 



Many flower lovers will certainly try some of the 

 Everlasting Peas {Lathyrus) from seed, particularly the 

 fine modern varieties of Latifolius, such as White Pearl, 

 Pink Beauty, and Splendens. 



Lavender may be raised from seed, and this fragrant 

 old favourite makes large bushes, which will be drawn 

 upon freely for cutting. 



The Edelweiss (Lentopodium Alpinum), comes readily 

 from seed, and thrives in poorer soil than most Alpines 

 care for. 



The ^^ Kansas Gay Feather" (Liatris Pycnostachya) is 

 picturesquely named, and it is a picturesque plant, with 

 its tall stem clothed with bright purplish crimson flowers. 

 L. Spicata, rosy red, is also grown. 



The Alpine Toadflax (Linaria Alpina), orange and 

 purple, its variety Rosea, and the " Kenilworth Ivy" (L. 

 Cymbalaria), a pretty white trailer, are useful plants 

 which may be raised from seed. 



Linnaea Borealis is a charming trailer which too few 

 people know. It thrives in a shady place, in moist, peaty 

 soil. The pretty rosy pink flowers have an agreeable 

 perfume. 



Linums. — Several species of perennial Flax are 

 available, notably Arboreum, a shrubby, yellow 

 species ; Flavum, also yellow ; Narbonense, shrubby, 

 blue flowers, Perenne, blue, and its white and rose 

 varieties. 



Such fine Lobelias as Cardinalis and its varieties ; 



Fulgens and its varieties (these differ from Cardinalis in 



having purple foliage) ; Syphilitica, a fine blue species ; 



and Gerardii, a hybrid between the last named and 



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