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top dressed in early spring with well rotted manure. I have it 

 as an edging to a small bed of roses ; the position is bleak, but 

 the soil is good ; it furnishes large quantities of cut bloom, and 

 otherwise, from its rich hawthorn-like scent, it proves a great 

 treat. So freely is its handsome foliage produced that it, too, 

 may be cut in quantities for table decoration. If the flowers, or 



FIG. 93. SAXIFRAGA WALLACEI. 

 (One-half natural size.) 



some of them, be left on, the tufts will form a pretty setting for 

 a few other small flowers of decided colours. 



To increase this Saxifrage is a simple matter during the warm 

 season : The twiggy tufts should be pulled asunder, no matter 

 whether they have roots or no roots ; if dibbled into fine soil, 

 deeply dug, and shaded for a week or two, they will form strong 

 plants before the winter sets in. 



Flowering period, April to August. 



Scilla Campanulata. 



BELL-FLOWERED SCILLA or BLUEBELL; Nat. Ord. LILIACE.E. 

 A HARDY bulbous perennial, introduced from Spain 200 years 

 ago. It very much resembles the English hyacinth H. nutans, 



