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Potentilla repens, and when not in flower its foliage is very 



pretty. 



Wallflower, Belvoir Castle Yellow. This is the best 

 of the yellow varieties. When true it has not a trace of 

 brown in it, and bears large flowers which are freely pro- 

 duced on rather long spikes, but the plant itself is dwarf if 

 well grown. Wallflowers are well known to be among the 

 most difficult plants to obtain true from seed as they are so 

 easily fertilized ; those who have a difficulty in obtaining this 

 plant true to character, should try Veitch's Select Yellow, 

 which is an extra good strain. The best Tulip to use with 

 this is Duchesse de Parma. If a large bed is to be planted 

 a row of Heuchera hispida should surround the centre of 

 Wallflowers, then two rows of Viola Blue King, two rows 

 of Double Arabis should come next to the Viola, and if 

 these are planted rather thinly, some purple Crocuses or 

 Scilla Siberica may be put in among the Arabis at six inches 

 apart ; they will make an early show and can then be pressed 

 down out of sight. 



Wallflower, Veitch's dark red. This is the best and 

 truest variety I have found among the dark brown Wall- 

 flowers. Tulip White Swan or T. retroflexa are used with 

 it (see plate VII) ; as the beds are large a row of Saxifraga 

 purpurascens, or Symphytum officinale variegatum follows 

 next the Wallflowers to hide the stems. If the Symphytum is 

 used I sometimes put the old Ribbon Grass (Phalaris) at 

 intervals of two feet in the rows ; next comes a line of 

 Alyssum saxatile nana, and next to that two rows of yellow 

 Polyanthus ; if there is room two rows of Blue Aubrietia 



