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out the autumn months ; Hieracium aurantiacum (one of the 

 Hawkweeds), with warm brownish orange - red flowers ; 

 Hollyhocks, Lychnis chalcedonica, Montbretia crocosmis&flora 

 (in a warm soil and sunny place), Pentstemons, a host in 

 themselves, but are not very hardy ; and Rudbeckia Newmani. 

 This is a respectable list, and will provide a good selection. 



Bulbs. The town gardener should place faith in bulbous 

 flowers, which seem little upset by stuffy surroundings. They 

 should be grown liberally indoors, in window-boxes, and in 

 the open. True, they deteriorate more 

 quickly than those in more airy gardens, 

 but bulbs are cheap, and therefore quickly 

 replaced at a reasonable outlay. Daffodils 

 are invariably a success for two years, 

 when the ground has been carefully pre- 

 pared and they are planted at the proper 

 time, viz. in September or quite early 

 October. Allium Mofy., yellow, and A. 

 neapolitanum the writer has seen become 

 almost weeds. The autumn - flowering 

 Amaryllis Belladonna will thrive in a 

 sunny, warm, south border, preferably 

 against a wall, and other good things are 

 the pretty little Chionodoxas of spring, 

 Crocuses, Crown Imperials (Fritillaria im- 

 perialis), Snowdrops, Galtonia candicans 

 (late summer flowering ; it has a tall spike, 

 with snowdrop-like flowers), Spanish and 

 English Irises (always a success and very 

 cheap), Lilies, Grape Hyacinths (Muscari), 

 Scillas, particularly the late spring-flower- 

 ing .S. hispanica or campanulata, Triteleia 

 uniflora, and Tulips. 



Annual Flowers. These should be made 

 excellent use of. Seeds, even those saved 

 from the finest flowers, are very cheap, and GALTONIA CANDICANS 

 therefore sown so thickly that the results are 

 disappointing. Neither attempt too much, nor sow a pre- 

 ponderance of one thing, so that it monopolises the garden to 

 the exclusion of everything else. The Sweet Pea should be 

 well represented by groups of one variety, say mauve, white, 

 rose, and so forth, colours, of course, most agreeable to the 

 possessor of the garden. Tropaeolums (Nasturtiums) are very 

 bright and useful for cutting, but they must not be allowed 

 too free play. Mignonette is welcome for its grateful perfume, 

 so too is the night-flowering Stock. The following is a short 



