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JULY 

 BLUE PERENNIALS 



ACONITE. Wild, CLIMBING MONKSHOOD (Aconitum unciatum). 

 3-5 ft. A pale blue variety with a slender weak stem inclined to climb. 

 Flowers borne in loose panicles. Give a rich moist soil, sun and a sup- 

 port. Propagated by division of the root. With me this variety does 

 not bloom until early September because the tips ate eaten off, prob- 

 ably by grasshoppers, just as they are beginning to bud, but continues 

 until hard frosts. 



ACONITE (A Storkianum). 3-4 ft. A rich blue variety. 



ADENOPHORA POTANINI. 2 ft. A plant bearing slender spikes of 

 light-blue bell-shaped flowers resembling Campanula. Give a rich, 

 light soil in a sunny dry situation. Do not disturb when established. 

 Plant seeds as soon as ripe, or divide the roots. July and August. 



ANCHUSA ITALICA var. Dropmore. 3-4 ft. A rich gentian blue variety 

 with prolonged bloom. Propagated by seed. See A. Blue Per. May. 



BAPTISIA, FALSE INDIGO (B. australis). 3 ft. A vigorous plant 

 bearing racemes of large purplish-blue pea-shaped flowers; rather a 

 shy bloomer. Grows in any good soil; give sun; divide the root to in- 

 crease the stock. 



BELLFLOWER. Japanese, see Platycodon. 



CALIMERIS. Cut-leaved (Calimeris incisa also known as Aster in 

 cisa). 1-2 ft. An early variety of pale purple aster-like flower; bloom 

 of long duration. Rich soil, sun. Propagate by seed or division. 



CANTERBURY BELL (Campanula medium). 2 ft. Both double and 

 single varieties in deep blue, pink and white. For culture see Canter- 

 bury Bell, White Per., July. 



CATANANCHE, BLUE SUCCORY (C. carulea). 2 ft. A slender plant 

 bearing pale-blue daisy-shaped solitary flowers, 2 in. across, on long 

 stems. It grows best in poor gravelly soil ; also a white variety. Propa- 

 gate by seeds. 



CATANANCHE (C. bicolor). A blue and white variety of the above, 

 quoted by some as a perennial, others call it a biennial; culture the 

 same as above. 



CLEMATIS (C. Jackm&nni). A hybrid derived from C. languidosa 

 of China arid C. viticella from Europe. 4-10 ft. A desirable climber 

 bearing large, handsome deep- blue, pale-blue or white flowers. Though 



