RAISING FLOWERS FROM SEED 



In color the starworts range from white 

 through shades of palest lavender and ame- 

 thyst to deep purple, and through shades of 

 pale pink to dark rose. They are easily raised 

 from seed sown in the spring and, if trans- 

 planted in the autumn where they are to live, 

 will bloom the following year. ' They grow 

 from two to four feet in height and, if raised 

 in both early and late varieties, will bloom 

 from the end of July until well into Novem- 

 ber. Their natural place is in masses in the 

 shrubberies, planted among evergreens, or in 

 large, mixed, herbaceous borders. 



Anchusa Italica. A perennial not yet very 

 much grown, but which when once known will 

 always find a place in the garden, is the 

 Anchusa Italica, or Italian Alkanet, Dropmore 

 variety. Two-year-old plants in my garden 

 were seven feet high in June, and were con- 

 tinually covered for six weeks with small blue 

 flowers formed in clusters eighteen inches 

 long. The seeds may be sown in August as 



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