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are borne on stems about a yard high in summer, is a 

 true biennial. One finds that the colour varies. While 

 some of the seedlings come of the true lavender tint 

 which is so much admired, others are a muddy mauve 

 which is undesirable. These, however, can be pulled up 

 and thrown away. This lovely Poppywort is at its best 

 in a cool, moist soil, which, however, does not become 

 stagnant in winter. It is one of the best plants for the 

 wild garden, and may be grown in the border where the 

 requisite conditions can be provided. The handsome 

 serrated foliage is clothed with yellow silky hairs, and 

 the mass of golden stamens in the flowers add to their 

 beauty. Cambrica, the Welsh Poppy, is perhaps too 

 familiar to need special mention, but attention may be 

 directed to the double form, plena, which has perfectly 

 double yellow flowers streaked with scarlet. Another 

 splendid species is integrifolia, a recent introduction from 

 China, growing about eighteen inches high, the flowers 

 light yellow with pale orange stamens. Paniculata is a 

 handsome plant growing four feet high, with yellow 

 drooping flowers borne on branching stems. The leaves 

 are covered with silky hairs. Racemosa is a purplish 

 blue species from the Himalayas. Seeds of all the 

 Meconopsis should be sown in August as soon as they are 

 ripe on a north aspect in the open garden. There is no 

 difficulty in getting plants. 



MONTBRETIA. This useful genus has been steadily 

 improved in recent years. It has great intrinsic merit, 

 for the plants form large but compact clumps in almost 

 any soil, and throw up numbers of long arching flower- 

 stems, bearing brilliant flowers. Like that modest little 

 flower the Primrose, they continue to spread as they bloom, 

 the^clumps improving throughout the summer and early 



