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plants, such as Wallflowers, and for filling vases on terraces ; 



its flowers are pale pink and should be removed. 



Symphytum officinale variegata. This plant when in 

 flower reaches a height of three to four feet, and is sometimes 

 useful in that state. For some purposes it is best to break out 

 the flower stem as soon as it appears, leaving the surrounding 

 leaves, which are beautifully variegated with white and cream 

 colour, and form a nice line of bold foliage in spring ; for 

 this purpose it should be planted about nine inches apart. 

 It is also useful as a plant for dotting in among other things, 

 such as dark coloured Wallflowers, Stocks, or Heuchera 

 hispida. In this style of planting it should be fully two feet 

 apart, and the stems should remain to flower. The best 

 way to propagate this plant is to pull the shoots apart 

 after flowering, and plant them one foot apart each way, 

 they will die down to the ground for a time, but will spring 

 up again at the end of the summer. After planting out in 

 the beds in the autumn the leaves disappear for the winter, 

 and come up in their best form and colour early in the spring. 

 Cuttings of the roots will grow in a similar way to Horse- 

 radish or Seakale, but I find they invariably come green, as 

 do the plants that spring up after removal. 



Violas. Under this head I include all the Pansy class 

 of flowers without attempting to distinguish them, although 

 Admiration, Blue King and Cliveden Purple are often called 

 Pansies ; all of them require similar treatment, which must 

 vary according to soil, locality and the weather, more than 

 for any other plant mentioned in these pages. Different 

 seasons affect these plants so much that it is always advisable 



