A WOMAN^S HARDY GARDEN 



flowers." But, to my despair, it developed a 

 round green ball about three inches in cir- 

 cumference, with white thistle-like petals. 

 And yet the plants had surpassed them- 

 selves. It seems a poor reward to turn 

 them out to die. 



Lychnis (London Pride). I cannot now 

 recall any perennial except the Cardinal 

 Flower, which has blossoms of so brilliant a 

 scarlet as Lychnis, or London Pride, growing 

 tall and erect, with its bright colour. It is 

 most effective when grown in large clumps. 



Monkshood {Aconitum Napelhts) grows 

 four feet high, and has a beautiful blossom 

 of rich blue growing in quite large clusters. 

 The name must come from the resemblance 

 each individual blossom bears to the capuchin 

 of a monk. These plants should be gi'own 

 under tall trees, for they cannot stand too 

 strong sun, and will blossom very late 

 in the autumn if protected by the trees 

 from frost. I gathered them last year in 

 Xovember. 



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