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leaves and freely produced purple and white 

 flowers. 



ACHILLEA PTARMICA FL. PL. also does well 

 and produces an abundance of its pure white 

 double flowers. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA, with its sky-blue flowers 

 and noble port, is a worthy plant for the town 

 garden, while the Dropmore form is even more 

 suitable for the same situation and a superb 

 variety in every way. Many species of ASTER 

 are well suited for planting where impurities 

 of the atmosphere abound, some of the best 

 being A. Amellus and A. multiflorus. 



BOCCONIA CORDATA, with its beautifully cut 

 leaves and panicles of brownish flowers, is a 

 desirable species for town planting, which may 

 also be said of several of the larger-growing 

 Campanulas. The Burning Bush (Dictamnus 

 Fraxinella) has few equals either as a flowering 

 plant or for succeeding where the air is vitiated 

 and impure, and should find a position wher- 

 ever herbaceous plants are cultivated. 



DORONICUM HARPUR CREWE, with its 

 beautiful yellow flowers, would also appear to 



