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the middle, must be grouped chiefly at the back, the others being 

 massed in the foreground. 



Name 



Fk'ii Banu 

 Alpine Pink 

 Montbretia 

 Madwort 



Evening Primrose 

 Lupin 



Goat's Rue 

 Meadow Rue 



Alkanet 

 Sage 



Knotweecl 

 Yarrow 



Inula superba, 3 ft. Extra large blooming, bright 



yellow 



Dianthus hybridus multiflorus. Brilliant rose, sweet- 

 scented, continuous bloomer, 10 in. 

 The variety Soleil Couchant is gold, and of dwarf habit, 



not exceeding 2 ft. 

 Alyssum argenteum, yellow, 9 in. Unlike other kinds, 



it continues flowering throughout summer 

 Oeiiothera pumila, 9 in. A miniature yellow bloomer 

 Lupinus Douglasii, 2 ft. Spikes of mingled blue and 



white blossoms 

 Galega bicolor Hartlaiidi, 5 ft. An exquisite shade of 



lilac : blooms for three months 

 Thalictrum Pendleri, H ft. Excellent fern-like foliage 



and lavender blossom 



Auchusa italica Opal, is a special pale blue variety, 3 tt. 

 Salvia azurea grandiflora, produces closely covered sprays 



of pale blue blossom ; begins in July in sunshine, 2 ft. 

 Polygonum Sieboldi. Immense handsome leaves and white 



florescence, 3 ft. 

 Achillea Huteri, 6 in. Silver leaves and white blossom 



The Spring Border Beautiful. The spring quarter, ranging 

 from the fourth week of March to the end of June, gives in- 

 numerable lovely flowers to the garden, so that the spring border 

 may be, perhaps, largest of all. True, there are no Hollyhocks, 

 Sunflowers, and Phloxes, but Delphiniums, Oriental Poppies, and 

 Paeonies can be had in abundance, together with such splendid 

 flowering shrubs as Spiraea, Deutzia,Weigela, and Escallonia. Perhaps 

 the most popular colours among Oriental Poppies are scarlet and 

 orange vermilion ; there remain pale pink, crimson, carmine purple, 

 salmon, rosy lilac, and blush; double and single Paeonies are 

 obtainable in wondrous shades, and Delphiniums of indigo and 

 purple are fine, while the blue varieties differently mingled with rose, 

 violet, white, or bronze, have a quite original effect from that of 

 the self blues. 



Doronicums are included in the winter border plan, because 

 they begin to flower so early, before the spring season sets in ac- 

 cording to the calendar ; but they blossom just as freely throughout 

 the months of April and May. Columbines are of infinite service in 

 a border, on account of their perfect grace and foliage, and many 

 more sorts should be planted where there is room. Lupines, in -new 



