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work on beds or rockeries, and nothing seems to kill 

 it. Saxifrages in great numbers are suitable, beginnmg 

 with the well-known mossy green hypnoides, to the 

 giant known as Megasia cordifolia, also sedums, semper- 

 viviums, aubrietias, phloxes, tiarella, dianthus in variety; 

 and several other Alpines have succeeded in different 

 parks and gardens, such as Androsace sarmentosa, Dryas 

 octopetala, yellow fumitory, Cotoneaster frigida, the small 

 ivy Hedera conglomerata , Achillea tormentosa. Lychnis 

 Haageana^ Linn^a horealis. Azalea procumbens. Campanula 

 garganica, only to mention some that have been noticed ; 

 even edelweiss has been successfully grown in the centre 



of London. 



A few annuals will make a good show, and nothing 

 is better in a window-box or really dingy corner than 

 Virginian stock ; but, as a rule, it repays trouble best 

 to rear perennials. Seedling wallflowers, sweet Williams 

 and Canterbury bells, and such like, make a border 

 bright. The great secret of success in growing annuals 

 is to thin them out well ; the patches of seedlings are 

 too often left far too much overcrowded. This 

 " thinning " is even more important than good soil and 

 careful watering. Marigolds thrive best of all, and 

 will often seed themselves, but a few other annuals 

 can be safely recommended. 



Candytuft. lonopsidium acaule (violet cress). 



Catchfly (Silene pendula and Larkspur (annual). 



armeria). ' Love-in-a-mist (Nigella). 

 Erysinum perofskianum (a kind of Nasturtiums. 



Treacle mustard). Phlox drummondi. 



Eschscholzia. Snapdragon (Antirrhinum). 



Flax (scarlet). Toadflax (Linaria). 

 Godetias. 



