44 THE NEW GARDENING 



red form, pulsatilla rubra, and with the fine white variety 

 White Swan. 



ANTIRRHINUM (SNAPDRAGON). The great florists 

 of Scotland have done noble service in providing flower- 

 lovers with a long array of exquisite Snapdragons, 

 graded into heights, so that they may be used for bold 

 groups in borders, in beds, or for edgings. These have been 

 selected with so much care that a wide range of colours 

 come true to tint from seed, and grouping may therefore 

 be practised with perfect confidence. Some of the shades 

 are very uncommon. Take the variety Moonlight as an 

 example, a sort of orange-buff ; this has a beautiful tone 

 of colour which is found in few flowers ; the height 

 of the plant is one and a half to two feet. Blooming in 

 late summer it might be associated in beds with the later 

 annuals, such as the lovely Clarkia elegans Firefly and 

 the splendid dwarf blue Delphinium Butterfly, which, 

 grown as a biennial, comes two feet high, and is altogether 

 a bolder and more vigorous plant than when treated 

 as an annual. Other useful Antirrhinums are Cottage 

 Maid, which has soft pink flowers ; Vesuvius, orange ; 

 and Brilliant, which is deep rose ; all grow fifteen to 

 eighteen inches high. Crimson, yellow, and white selfs 

 can be procured separately, and will come true from seed, 

 which may be sown in a cold frame or greenhouse in the 

 fall, or in a warm structure in winter ; the seedlings 

 are best kept in frames in the spring until the time comes 

 for them to go out into the garden. Those who do not 

 want to group their plants in colours will probably sow 

 mixed seed, which throws a large number of pretty and 

 uncommon shades. 



AQUILEGIA (COLUMBINE). One must fain mention 

 this beautiful plant. At the same time, it stands practi- 



