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bloom. This plant is ornamental from the first appear- 

 ance of its pleasant green in spring until autumn when 

 the yellow flower heads have softened to a warm brown. 

 It lives out its span of life in dignity and order, for its 

 foliage remains in good condition to the last and it has 

 no fuzzy untidy way of perpetuating itself. 



A cool picture for this summer season may be created 

 with tall white Hollyhocks, Parker's Yarrow, early 

 white Phlox, Miss Lingard, and a foreground of An- 

 themis Kelwayi. A patch of tawny Hemerocallis fulva 

 is a good neighbour for this group. Blue and white 

 Aconites are fine with this Yarrow and also that 

 splendid hardy plant, Erigeron speciosus var. superbus, 

 which grows about two and one-half feet high and bears 

 innumerable daisylike flowers of a fine lilac-purple from 

 June until September. It may be easily raised from 

 seed and will sometimes bloom the same season as 

 sown. 



Achillea sericea is a good Yarrow having much the 

 character of Parker's save that it grows but eighteen 

 inches high and starts to flower in June. A. ptarmica, 

 fl. pl. 9 otherwise known as The Pearl, we have banished 

 from our borders though it is a much-lauded plant by 

 many and is good for cutting; it has no domestic 

 qualities, must rove and stray, insinuating its wander- 

 ing rootlets into the internal affairs of its neighbours and 

 choking out many a timid resident. Its bloom is pretty 

 and fluffy but its stems are weak and vacillating; alto- 



