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striking crimson; Bridesmaid, a pale and lovely thing, 

 and graeca, one of the older sorts but a fine tender laven- 

 der. Besides these are Lloyd Edwards, deep purple; 

 Wedding Veil, pale mauve; and M. J. Stowe, red-purple. 

 They are easily raised from seed and sometimes bloom 

 the first season. A large bed of seedling, M. J. Stowe in 

 the nursery last year, bloomed from August until late in 

 November. I find that Aubrietias suffer from the 

 drought in our climate and need to be planted where 

 they will have a deep, cool root-run, also that they ap- 

 preciate a little lime in the soil. They are particularly 

 nice in combination with stonework, and a fine mass of 

 them here, in the pure lavender and purple shades, 

 tumbling over a stone-edged border, backed by groups 

 of pale Star Narcissi and shadowed by a Cherry tree in 

 full bloom, creates a lovely picture. 



Fine subjects, also, for the April gardens, are the 

 various varieties of Phlox subulata. They have close, 

 dark, rather prickly foliage, and at this season are so 

 densely starred with bloom that the groundwork of 

 foliage is quite lost sight of. The old magenta sort is 

 the one most generally seen. About here the sad long 

 and short mounds in the forlorn little country church- 

 yards are turned literally to mounds of glory in April 

 through the agency of this kindly all-covering creeper. 

 I am very fond of it, for while it is undoubtedly of the 

 despised colour, it is lovely. Behind our garden walls it 

 is most happily placed, both physically and spiritually, 



