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dwarf kinds are most satisfactory for the joints of walls and may be 

 used for edgings though they are rather stiff for this purpose. Fra- 

 grant. 

 Impatiens Balsamina, h. a., two feet. Lady Slipper, Balsam. 



The Camelia-flowered sorts are the best and come in clear colours : 

 salmon-rose, scarlet, and pure white. If inclined to grow "leggy," 

 instead of compact, the tops may be nipped off. They are among 

 the flowers that find it difficult to maintain their improved state 

 and are forever slipping back into their former condition of magenta 

 clothes and poor figures, so self-sown seedlings should not be al- 

 lowed to live. 

 Brachycome iberidifolia, h. h. a., six inches. Swan River Daisy. 



Refined little plants, with many blossoms resembling a Cineraria 

 clear lavender with a black and white central disc. The plant is 

 rather frail and is comfortable with some light twigs placed in front 

 of it. It makes a pretty edging for a summer border. 

 Browallia elata, h. a., one foot. 



These form trim little bushes covered with blue or white flowers 

 over a long period. They endure drought with fortitude. 

 Campanula attica, h. h. a., three inches. Bellflower. 



A wee, blue-belled mite, best suited to a rock garden or a stone- 

 edged border, where its roots may find shelter and moisture among 

 the stones. 

 Celosia, t. a., eighteen inches. Cockscomb. 



I cannot profess to any great enjoyment in the great flowers of 

 the Cockscomb, though they make good masses of colour in various 

 shades of red, scarlet, salmon, and there is a good old gold sort. 

 The "feathered" and "plume" varieties are better and less realistic 

 than the "crested." They should be started indoors. 

 Centaurea, h. a., Knapweed. 



In this family are several very good annuals, best known among 

 which is cyanus, the friendly little Cornflower of so true a blue. 

 Once planted in the garden one will find the pleasant tufts of 

 leaves every year, for the seed is very hardy and this simple flower 

 desires greatly to stay among the "regulars." There are pink and 

 white sorts, but these are rather faded looking. A double sort is 

 very pretty. 



