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taller than Belvoir Castle ; the latter is a good yellow. 

 The general method of culture is to sow in early summer 

 in a spare plot, thin, and transplant ; and the only real 

 drawback is that in a wet summer, and in a soil they 

 like, the plants may get so bulky as to give a good deal 

 of heavy work in planting. It answers well to sow them 

 where they are to stand, thinning the seedlings if they 

 come too thickly. 



The omnivorous flower-lover whose appetite cannot 

 be satiated from the foregoing dishes will find plenty 

 of good plants left. He will consider the Achilleas, 

 of which Ptarmica The Pearl is a fine white variety ; 

 the Alstromerias, which form thick clumps and bloom 

 profusely year after year if left undisturbed ; the Antheri- 

 cums, beautiful Lily-like plants with white flowers ; 

 Bocconia cordata, the tall Plume Poppy, with its 

 spikes of creamy inflorescence ; the Canterbury Bells, 

 raised annually from seed in early summer ; the Cen- 

 taureas, notably macrocephala, yellow, montana, blue, 

 and montana alba, white ; the Cimicifugas or Bugworts, 

 of which racemosa is a beautiful species with feathery 

 white flowers ; Coreopsis grandiflora, a fine late-blooming 

 plant with yellow flowers ; the Burning Bush, Dictamnus 

 Fraxinella ; the Foxgloves (Digitalis) , which come from 

 seed as readily as Sweet Williams ; the Eryngiums or 

 Sea Hollies, with their metallic flowers, of which amethyst- 

 inum and planum are good ; the Funkias or Plantain 

 Lilies, handsome in foliage as well as in bloom; ovata 

 albo-marginata and undulata aurea are particularly 

 noteworthy for beautiful foliage ; the Galegas or Goafs- 

 rues, of which both the lilac and the white are good, 

 with Hartlandi as particularly interesting owing to its 

 variegated foliage in early summer ; the hardy Geraniums, 



