NOTEWORTHY PKRENNTAT.S 



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Left, False Indigo or Baptisia, a blue, pea-shaped flower of May; right, English 

 Daisy or Bellis, cheery edging plants. 



Propagation. The finer English Daisies are propagated by 

 division in the Fall. They grow easily from seed which should be sown 

 in August in coldframes, where they should be kept during the Winter. 



Bocconia — Plume Poppy, Tree Celandine 



The Plume Poppy {Bocconia cordata) is perhaps one of the most 

 imposing plants of the hardy border, for it grows from C feet to 10 feet 

 high. The general aspect of the plant is grayish-green in color with 

 very large and deeply cut leaves. The flowers are not very conspicuous 

 but form huge plumes of feathery, small, creamy white blooms. Other 

 varieties have leaves which are silvery under the surface and small 

 white flowers which are red when in bud. The flowering season of the 

 Bocconias is during the Summer months, July and August, but the 

 plumes remain attractive until <^ut by frost. 



Uses. The silvery foliage counts as white in the garden; hence, 

 the Plume Poppy can be used where white clumps are needed. It 

 seems adapted to wet places, is good as a specimen plant, and is ex- 



