THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



June The Mulleins (Verbascum), notably Olympicum, are 



^~^5 tall plants, with spikes of yellow flowers in early 

 summer. 



The Speedwells (Veronica) may be raised from seed, 

 and Gentianoides, with its bright blue flowers, is one of 

 the best known. There is a larger variety of it named 

 Major, and one with variegated leaves. 



Violas and Pansies may be raised in summer, although 

 florists' named varieties are generally grown from 

 cuttings. Pansies that are sown under glass in late 

 winter bloom the same year, but seeds may be sown 

 outdoors in summer for yielding plants to flower the 

 following year. Many of the large seedsmen have their 

 own special strains of show and fancy Pansies, but the 

 majority offer such strains as Cassier's and Trimar- 

 dean, which are very good. 



Wallflowers must be raised in quantity for spring 

 bedding, their evergreen foliage, bright colours, and 

 delicious perfume rendering them universal favourites. 

 Several named varieties, such as Belvoir Castle, a dwarf 

 yellow of brilliant colour ; Cloth of Gold, yellow: Blood 

 Red, dark red ; Eastern Queen, chamois ; Harbinger, 

 early red ; and Tom Thumb, a dwarf yellow, come true 

 from seed. The double Wallflowers are also fine plants. 

 If care is taken to grow Wallflowers thinly, and to set 

 them out a foot apart in summer, they make sturdy, 

 bushy plants, and bloom abundantly in April and 

 May. They do not give half their beauty when 

 allowed to stand thickly in the seed beds for several 

 months. 



The long lists of plants given shows what a vast 



amount of beautiful material can be raised in Nature's 



own way — through the medium of seeds — for the 



decoration of flower gardens. The great majority 



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