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splendid plant with deeply incised foliage one foot long and large brilliant 

 red flowers with a dark spot at the base of each petal, the bloom being 

 often from 7-9 in. across. A plant bears from three to five blooms 

 opening in succession. For culture see Poppy, Oriental, Pink Per., 

 June. 



POTENTILLA (P. Napdlensis, var. Mars). 3 ft. A plant with grayish- 

 green foliage resembling the leaves of the Strawberry; flowers of deep red 

 i$ in. across. For culture see Potentilla, White Per., June. 



SAPONARIA, SOAPWORT (S. ocymoides, var. splendens). 6 in. A creep- 

 ing, much-branched hairy variety with red or pink flowers and purplish 

 calyx. Will grow in any good soil and is well suited to rock work. Prop- 

 agate by seeds or division of root. 



SILENE SHAFTA, Autumn Catchfly, a brick red variety 12 in. high; see 

 Catchfly. Autumn Pink per., June. 



SWEET-WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus). 2 ft. There are pure cardinal 

 red varieties of this old favorite, which cannot be procured with any 

 assurance from seed because of cross-fertilization by insects; but the 

 strain is likely to appear in any collection, and may be perpetuated ac- 

 cording to culture given under Sweet-william, White Per., June. 



VALERIAN. Red (Centranthus ruber). 2 ft. A lovely coral-red va- 

 riety of this delicate flower that blooms in terminal clusters and are of 

 slender tubular form. For culture see Valerian, White Per., June. 



JULY 

 RED SHRUBS 



RASPBERRY. Purple-flowered, Bramble (Rubrus odoratus). 3-5 ft 

 erroneously called Mulberry. An ornamental shrub with leaves resem- 

 bling the Maple and showy fragrant purplish rose-colored flowers 1-2 in. 

 across, produced all summer; fruit red and flat. All the Brambles are 

 short lived, though hardy, the stem dying down the second year like the 

 common Raspberry. They send out suckers and are thus propagated. 

 Give a shaded situation and moist soil, but not under the drip of trees. 



SMOKE-TREE (Rhus cotinus) see Blue Shrubs, July. 



SPIREA. Anthony Waterer (S. bumalda, var. Anthony Waterer). 2-3 

 ft. Dwarf compact habit; first flowers appear in July, forming large flat 

 heads while the plants are but a few inches high, and as they fade, if cut 

 off, are replaced by others, somewhat smaller and continue to bloom un- 



