ROSE TIME 



The Sea Lavenders (Statice) are popular on account June 

 of their graceful habit and charming shades of colour. I~I5 

 Incana Hybrida, which varies from pink to blue, blooms 

 in summer, and grows about a foot high ; Latifolia, 

 lavender, a summer bloomer, two to three feet high ; and 

 Suworowi, rosy purple, one foot, summer bloomer, are 

 all very desirable plants. 



Brompton Stocks are among the most popular of 

 hardy biennials. Sown in summer, thinned, and planted 

 out in autumn, they will form beautiful breaks of colour 

 in spring. They can be bought in separate colours, such 

 as yellow, flesh, rose, crimson, white, carmine, blue, 

 and violet, if desired, or in mixture. The popularity 

 of the Ten-week Stocks tends to obscure these fine 

 biennials, but it ought to have the opposite effect. 



Siveet Williams were mentioned in the remarks on 

 the genus Dianthus, and as there said, they are amongst 

 the best of hardy biennials, admirably adapted for 

 summer sowing, autumn planting, and late spring and 

 summer blooming. 



The Meadow Rues (Thalictrum) are interesting and 

 attractive on account of their Maidenhair-like foliage. 

 Adiantifolium and Aquilegifolium are both very useful 

 hardy border plants ; in neither case are the flowers 

 conspicuous. 



The Spiderwort (Tradescantia Virginica) is worth 

 growing. There are several varieties of it, which can be 

 bought in mixture. 



The Globe Flowers (Trollius) can be raised from seed 

 if desired, and are useful spring bloomers, with yellow 

 or orange flowers. 



Tunica Saxifraga, a dwarf plant which bears masses 

 of white flowers in early summer, has a good many 

 admirers. 



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