ROSE TIME 



cuttings or division ; but mixed seed of a good strain June 

 gives some nice sorts. ^~^5 



The Large Winder Cherry {Phys'dVis Francheti), with its 

 orange pods in autumn, is a fine and showy perennial 

 which may be raised from seed. 



The Chinese Bellflower (Platycodon) is a plant which 

 grows steadily in favour. Grandiflorum Mariesi, with 

 large, blue, bell-shaped flowers about a foot high, is a 

 splendid plant, and there is a white variety of it. 



The Jacob's Ladders (Polemonium) are handsome 

 plants. Caeruleum, the Greek Valerian, has blue flowers, 

 and there is a white variety of it. One of the most 

 popular is Richardsoni (Humile), also blue, and growing 

 about a foot high. It is a beautiful and very useful 

 plant. The white variety of it is very desirable. 



The Polygonums. — The finest of the Knotweeds is that 

 magnificent cHmbing shrub Baldschuanicum, one of the 

 very best plants that we have for arbours, pillars, and 

 pergolas. The flowers are borne in immense and grace- 

 ful masses, and are white or blush. The plant comes 

 readily from seed, and when it has got well established 

 thinks nothing of pushing shoots from twelve to twenty 

 feet long in one season. It is at its best in a rich, moist, 

 heavy soil, and will be in beauty for many weeks. 



The Cinque/oils (Potentillas), with their Strawberry- 

 like leaves and brilliant flowers, single and double, are a 

 good deal sought after. 



Pratia angulata, a creeping plant for the rock garden, 

 is grown as much for the large, violet berries as for the 

 white flowers. It likes a moist, cool place. 



The Primroses (Primula species and varieties) make 



a claim on our attention which cannot be denied. The 



Primrose proper (Vulgaris) is yellow, and a wilding, 



but florists have given us splendid strains of coloured 



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