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scarlet are never found in varieties of the same species. 

 Thus we have in Dahlias and Koses, yellow and scarlet 

 colors, but no blue ; just as we have in Verbenas blue and 

 scarlet, but no yellow. My readers will do well to remem- 

 ber this, and be saved from investing in "blue" Roses or 

 Dahlias and " yellow " Verbenas, which are occasionally 

 dfiered, knowing that the seller must either be ignorant 

 of his trade or dishonest. 



Delphinium hybridum (Larkspur). Hardy perennial 

 herbaceous plants of the most dazzling shades of blue, 

 from lightest azure to the deepest mazarine blue. Seeds 

 sown in January or February, in heat, will flower the 

 same season, but the best plan is to sow in September, and 

 winter over in cold frames. They grow from four to ten 

 feet in height. Blue is the rarest color among flowers, 

 and therein Delphiniums are most useful, being hardy and 

 perennial, and once established in the garden they grow 

 without further trouble for years. 



Centaureas, Cinerarias and Golden Pyrethrum. 

 These plants, with foliage which is used for white or 

 yellow lines in ribbon planting, or in massing, are all 

 better if raised from seeds than from cuttings. 



Asters are now raised in immense numbers for market. 

 To get the best plants, they should not be sown sooner 

 than the middle of March ; with careful handling at this 

 time they will give fine blooming plants by the middle of 

 June for later flowering. Sow for succession at inter- 

 vals of twenty to thirty days. They can thus be had 

 through the entire season from June to October. When 

 grrown in pots, we find pots of five-inch to be the most 

 convenient size. 



Ampelopsis, particularly the species introduced as A. 

 Veitcliii, but properly A. tricuspidata, is best raised from 

 s^ed; seeds sown in December or January, potted off 

 into two-inch pots and planted out into the open ground 



