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like argenteum, cinereum, Endressi, sanguineum and 

 Lancastriense, which thrive on most soils and bloom 

 profusely ; the great Pampas Grass, Gynerium argenteum, 

 a noble plant for a special position ; the Heleniums, a 

 genus of late and showy Composites, allied to the Sun- 

 flowers, of which autumnale superbum, yellow, Bigelovii, 

 yellow with brown centre, grandicephalum striatum, 

 orange-red, and pumilum magnificum, yellow, are some 

 of the best ; the Helianthus or Sunflowers, with Miss 

 Hellish, single yellow, multiflorus Bouquet d'or, double 

 yellow and m. maximus, single, as the best ; the Ever- 

 lasting Pea (Lathyrus) for rambling over stumps ; White 

 Pearl is a beautiful variety of which seed is procurable ; 

 the Linums (Flax), with flavum, yellow, narbonense, 

 blue, and perenne, blue, as the representatives ; the 

 Lupins, of which arboreus Snow Queen, white, poly- 

 phyllus, blue, p. Blush Beauty, light rose, and p. Moer- 

 heimii, rose and white, are good ; the Lychnises, with 

 chalcedonica, vermilion, c. alba plena, double white, 

 and Viscaria splendens plena, rose, as the most interesting; 

 the white Loosestrife, Lysimachia clethroides ; the tall 

 red Lythrurn roseum superbum ; the Bergamot, Monarda 

 didyma, bright and fragrant ; the evening Primroses 

 (CEnothera), of which fruticosa, yellow, f. Youngii, deep 

 yellow, M. Cuthbertson, deep yellow, and speciosa, 

 white, scented, are a few of the best ; Platycodon grandi- 

 flora, blue ; also the dwarf blue species Mariesii ; Plum- 

 bago Larpentae, a handsome, blue, late-blooming perennial; 

 the Polygonums, or Knotweeds,of which afnne (Brunonis), 

 rose, amplexicaule, crimson, and Baldschuanicum, the 

 last a beautiful white rambler, are the best ; the Poten- 

 tillas, or Cinquefoils, of which Miss Willmott may be 

 named as a beautiful hybrid resembling nepalensis ; 

 the Rudbeckias, gay composites, of which Golden Glow, 



