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profusely, and are brilliant in colour. If the ordinary kinds are 

 considered too large, recourse may be had to the smaller sections, 

 which are equally as beautiful as the larger. Pentstemons are 

 very graceful, and the flowers are as charming as those of any 

 hardy plant in existence. These splendid plants are growing in 

 favour every year, and suburbanists should make a point of be- 

 coming acquainted with them. Many of the Michaelmas Daisies 

 (perennial Asters or Starworts) are too large for small borders, 

 but others are not, notably dumosus horizontalis, ericoides, and 

 alpinus ; and they are among the most beautiful. Torch Flowers 

 (Kniphofias or Tritomas) are very handsome, but they are some- 

 what bulky, and we must be satisfied with one or two clumps. 

 Chrysanthemums will do yeoman's service. They are compact 

 in habit, and produce charming flowers. We have given special 

 attention to this grand flower already, and need do no more now 

 than refer our readers to the hints on colour, and selections 

 of varieties, which appear in previous pages. Montbretias are 

 graceful and free-blooming plants, with slender spikes of brilliant 

 flowers rising from a mass of narrow leaves. The perennials 

 already named, if supplemented by a few bulbs and clumps 

 of Annuals, would suffice for the majority of small suburban 

 borders, and they are but a few of the many splendid plants 

 available. 



Annuals for Suburban Gardens. Such popular hardy Annuals 

 as Clarkias, Godetias, Linums (Flax), Nasturtiums, Sweet Peas, 

 Nemophilas, Saponarias, Silenes, Poppies, Candytufts, Convol- 

 vuluses, Eschscholtzias, Bartonia, Cornflower, Sweet Sultans, 

 Portulacas, Leptosiphons, Linarias, Love-in-a-mist, Larkspurs, 

 Mignonette, Phacelia, Virginian Stocks, and Night-scented Stock; 

 also such beautiful half-hardy kinds as Asters, Ten-week Stocks, 

 Marigolds, Phlox Drummondii, Nemesias, Scabiouses, Salpiglossis, 

 and Zinnias are excellent for suburban gardens. A chapter has 

 been devoted to them already, and we need only say that if the 



