8 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



turnips that were formerly grown, but are DOW but rarely 

 seen in this country. Amongst the allied plants that are 

 worth a place in the herbaceous border, and more particu- 

 larly in the front of the shrubbery border, the following 

 deserve special mention, as they are handsome and by no 

 means likely to prove hurtful to life, as the common monks- 

 hood always is : Aconitum autumnale, height three feet, 

 flowers pale blue; A. japonicum, like the last, but of a fuller 

 blue ; A. chinense, height five feet or more, flowers brilliant 

 blue a splendid plant, requires a dry, warm border, and 

 shelter; A. lycoctonum, height four feet, flowers creamy 

 yellow; A. variegatum, height four feet, flowers blue and 

 white, a fine plant. All these thrive in common garden 

 soil. Those who have peat soil may add to the list A. 

 paniculatitm and A. septentrionale ; the first has flowers 

 blue and white, the second reddish lavender. 



