ROSE TIME 



Cardinalis, are all worthy of being raised in quantity, for June 

 they make fine groups and beds. ^"^5 



The Honesty (Lunaria Biennis or Annua), the rosy 

 purple flowers of which are followed by silvery, fiat 

 seed pods, is a very useful plant that may become 

 naturalised, and, though nominally biennial, grow year 

 after year. It is of neat habit, and blooms freely, so that 

 it is worthy of more prominent positions than those 

 which it often fills in the wild garden. There are white, 

 crimson, and variegated-leaved forms of it, all of which 

 may be raised from seed. The seed pods are very 

 useful for winter vases. 



The Perennial Lupins give us some valuable plants, 

 notably Arboreus, the Tree Lupin, with scented yellow 

 flowers ; its white variety Snow Queen, which is a really 

 beautiful plant, bearing large spikes of pure white 

 flowers ; and Polyphyllus, blue, and its many varieties, 

 which include white, lilac, blue and white, pale blue, 

 and rose. 



The Perennial Campions (Lychnis) are showy plants, 

 none more so than Chalcedonica, scarlet. There are 

 white and pink varieties of it. Coronaria, crimson, with 

 hoary foliage, and its varieties ; Flos-Jovis, the Rose 

 Campion, with its white form ; Fulgens, a dwarf scarlet 

 species; Haageana, a dwarf scarlet; Lagascae, a beautiful 

 little rock plant with rosy flowers ; and Viscaria Splen- 

 dens, the scarlet ** Catchfly Campion," are also good. 



The Rosy Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria Rosea) is a 

 very line border plant, which luxuriates in moist, cool soil. 



The Musk Mallow (Malva Moschata), which produces 

 abundance of pink flowers, and its white variety. Alba, 

 have a good many admirers. Another interesting 

 "Mallow" is Malvastrum Coccineum, which is a rose- 

 coloured trailer suitable for the rockery. 

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