Red Robins and the Lychnis flos cuculi are good friends. So 

 is Silene inflata, a plant which will be endeared to every 

 child on account of the peculiarly inflated calyx. 



Out of all the multitude of perennials which could be 

 mentioned with perhaps just as much justification as those I 

 have listed, there are two which I place last in the list and 

 first in importance. The St. John's Wort, Hypericum, is the 

 most interesting of all summer flowers. Their liberal display 

 of stamens makes them at once the handsomest and most in- 

 viting of all blooms in color at that time of the year. They 

 flower abundantly, need little care and their yellow is clear 

 and rich. The other plant is the old, dear old Red Top 

 Clover. The leaves are attractive as clover leaves are, and 

 the stem builds itself firmly and stately, displaying the hand- 

 some flower to wind and weather, to sun and clouds. A 

 bouquet in itself, every single bloom is a store of sweet 

 honey. This every child knows, you never need draw its at- 

 tention to it. And is there a more interesting, a more 

 idyllic picture in nature than to see the bee climb from 

 bloom to bloom, gently nodding to and fro, and spend time 

 over the rich harvest it is reaping ? 



Amongst the clover sow a few seeds of Anthyllis Vulne- 

 raria and Ornithopus rativus, the Kidney Vetch and the 

 Serradella. 



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