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folia var. macrantha, and Lyme Grass. The Spiraea is a 

 fine plant of this season, but requires a deep, rich, reten- 

 tive soil to be at its best, for it is a moisture lover. The 

 herbaceous Spiraeas have not done very well in my 

 garden, it is too dry, but for damp situations there are 

 many good sorts. Aruncus, however, has been an ex- 

 ception with one other, S. Filipendulafl. pi., the double- 

 flowered Drop wort, growing about two feet tall, with 

 feathery foliage and heads of white flowers. Both are 

 in a north border in heavy, deep soil. 



The Campanulas are a large family of varying merit 

 and blossom, in the different varieties, in May, June, 

 July, and August. C. glomerata, the Clustered Hairbell, 

 is a good May sort about a foot high with rich purple or 

 white flowers. The best June Bellflowers besides lati- 

 folia macrantha, which grows about three feet tall, and 

 also has a white variety, are the well-known Canter- 

 bury Bell, C. Medium, the tall C. lactiflora, and the lovely 

 Peach-leaved Bellflower, C. persicifolia. This is a 

 beautiful plant and quite the flower of the Campanulas 

 to my thinking sending up from a tuft of narrow, 

 shining leaves stems two or three feet tall, well hung 

 with glistening white or lavender-blue bells. Humosa is 

 a light-blue double sort, and Moerheimii a very fine 

 double-flowered white. These are charming planted in 

 little thickets with the late yellow Columbine, A. 

 chrysantha, or with bright coral-coloured Heucheras, 

 such as Pluie de Feu, or Rosamund. The plants re- 



