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Fritillarias. (Crown Imperials), are useful for con- 

 trast they are not showy, and therefore they are not 

 favourites. Plant in Autumn or early Spring. 



Violets. To grow 7 these universal favourites to the best 

 advantage they should be taken up at least every second 

 year, after they have finished blooming, any time in October, 

 March or April. Break each tuft into separate plants, and 

 plant either in beds or as edgings. Procure young plants from 

 the sides of the old tufts, if possible. Violets delight in a rich 

 sandy loam. The following are all good kinds : Single. 

 Lee's Victoria Regina, Czar, purple and white. Double. 

 Maria Louise, Neapolitan, and Belle-de Chatney, Compt-dc- 

 Zabna, pure, double white, and very large. 



Hardy Climbing Plants for covering verandahs, 

 fences, arbours, or outhouses Virginian Creeper, Clematis 

 Jackmani, Miss Bateman, and Sieboldi are good varieties. 

 The Native Clematis is also a desirable plant. Honeysuckle, 

 Flexuosa, and Sempervirens, and the Japanese Honeysuckle 

 ( Lonicera aurea reticulata), are all good. Passiflora Coerulea, 

 Solanum Jasminifolium, Bignonias with either red, crimson, 

 yellow, blue or purple flowers. Roses of sorts, Double- 

 flowered Bramble, Banksian Rose, Cobaes scandens, purple 

 flowers ; Lophospermum scandens, rose-coloured flowers ; 

 Maurandia Barclayana, blue and white flowers ; Tropaeolum 

 Lobbianum, crimson ; Triomphe de Grand, scarlet ; 

 Canariensie, bright yellow. The following plants may also 

 be used as climbers, although not climbers by nature : 

 Crataegus Pyracantha, with clusters of bright red berries 

 during Autumn ; Cotoneaster microphylla, with bright red 

 berries, admirably adapted for covering rocks or low walls ; 

 Pyrus Japonica, scarlet crimson flowers early in Spring. 

 These plants may be propagated by layers, cuttings or seed. 



Primroses. Double yellow, white, crimson and 

 purple. These charming Spring plants are easy of culture, 

 they revel in moderately rich moist soil, with plenty of sun. 

 They commence to bloom in August, and continue on till the 

 end of October. They may be taken up, divided, and 

 replanted in March or April. 



