January The Passing of Winter 



be without the two Calliopsis (or Coreopsis) Drummondi, 

 yellow, and tinctoria, yellow and brown (they are very 

 free flowering and most useful for cutting) ; Love in a 

 Mist (Nigella Miss Jekyll) ; Candytuft ; some of the 

 annual Chrysanthemums ; the brilliant red Flax (Linum 

 grandiflorum rubrum) ; Clarkia; the lovely rose Mallow 

 (Lavatera rosea) ; the summer Cypress (Kochia trico- 

 phylla) ; the dwarf white Alyssum ; Poppies ; Mignonette ; 

 the gold and brown Salpiglossis ; the charming little 

 Toadflax (Linaria maroccana) ; the rosy Larkspur ; 

 annual Gaillardia ; the Jacobaeas, with blossoms in red, 

 rose, and other shades. One can scarcely dispense with 

 any of these. Collinsia bicolor is very showy ; so, too, 

 are the Californian Poppy (Eschscholtzia) and the 

 Portulaca for a hot, sunny spot. Of perennials every- 

 one ought to grow Delphinium and Lupin in their 

 many and brilliant shades of colour ; Chrysanthemum 

 maximum (the Shasta Daisy); the lavender-coloured 

 Scabious (caucasica) ; Erigeron speciosus, aurantiacus, 

 and others all showy and free blooming ; the exquisite 

 blue Flax (Linum narbonense) ; Coreopsis grandiflora, 

 and the Dropmore Anchusa (both usually treated as 

 biennials) ; Campanulas in many sorts ; Oriental Poppies ; 

 border Carnations and Pinks ; all these and others 

 should be included in the seed order. For the rock 

 garden I am growing various Primulas; the alpine 

 Poppy (Papaver alpinum) ; Tunica Saxifraga ; (Enothera 

 missouriensis (a delightful big-blossomed trailing Even- 

 ing Primrose) ; and Erigeron mucronatus (all four of which 

 will bloom the first year) ; dwarf Campanulas ; Linum 

 flavum (the yellow Flax) ; Edelweiss (which is slow) ; 

 Rock Rose, or Helianthemum (which is fast once it has 

 got over the baby stage) ; Silvery Saxifrages (which 

 try one's utmost patience, yet keep one living in hope) ; 

 JEthionema, or Lebanon Candytuft (of which the most 

 beautiful is the pink-blossomed armenum); and so I 

 might continue. Fair success with those I have men- 



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