Round the Year in the Garden 



There are many others from which a selection may 

 be made to suit individual choice. A few call for special 

 mention. The blue Woodruff (Asperula azurea setosa) 

 is a charming little plant full of blossom for weeks 

 together, and it appreciates a certain amount of "shade. 

 The Violet Cress (lonopsidium acaule) is the smallest of 

 all annuals, and is suitable for sowing in the rock garden 

 or between the chinks in a paved path. It is only about 

 2 inches high, and bears tiny pale-mauve blooms. One 

 may have the Nemesia in various colours now, but none 

 is so beautiful as the blue variety, a plant that none 

 should miss. The seeds of Nemesia ought not to be 

 sown out of doors before April, though the seedlings 

 may be raised now in a frame or greenhouse. The 

 annual Bellflowers are not often seen, but at least one 

 of them (Campanula macrostyla) is handsome. The 

 blooms are large and of bluish shade. Another pretty 

 sort is Campanula attica. Various so-called Everlastings 

 are found among the annuals. Helichrysum is the most 

 vigorous, and bears large blooms of various colours on 

 stems some 2 feet high. Daintiest of the Everlastings 

 is Acroclinium, of slender growth ; the flowers may be 

 had in rose or white. 



The Mixed Border. A careful selection of plants is 

 essential to a satisfactory and continued display in the 

 hardy flower border, and there is little doubt that if 

 greater variety characterised the average mixed border 

 the show of blossom would be more prolonged and give 

 deeper delight. Everyone grows Lupins, Larkspurs, Orien- 

 tal Poppies, Hollyhocks, Phlox, and other familiar plants, 

 and they are without doubt indispensable. But others, 

 not so well known, or at least not so widely grown, 

 are essential to full success. Take for instance some 

 of the most vigorous perennials, a few plants of which 

 give an air of distinction to the display : such, for 

 example, as the Meadow Rue, Thalictrum angustifolium, 

 which grows 6 feet high, and aquilegifolium, reaching 



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