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G. Stevenii is excellent, flowering in June, tall 

 and good for cutting, with white flowers rather larger 

 than G. paniculata which follows in July, giving 

 a charming bush of tiny feathery blossoms. The 

 double variety, G. paniculata fl. pi., is several weeks 

 later in flowering, and lasts a very long time ; a 

 most valuable plant. They can all be divided in 

 the autumn, the three first-mentioned can also be 

 raised from seed. Gypsophilas are said to require 

 chalk, but they seem to grow almost anywhere. 



Helianthus. The perennial Sunflowers are very 

 good autumn flowers ; I do not advise you to grow 

 the earliest varieties, for you can have better 

 flowers still blowing in August ; but H. multiflorus 

 maximus and the double flowered variety of the 

 same, with H . rigidus, are delightful in September 

 and October for the back row of herbaceous borders, 

 growing from four to six feet high, their golden 

 flowers mixing well with the tall Michaelmas 

 Daisies and Pyrethrum uliginosum. They grow 

 quickly, and can be speedily increased by division. 

 Any soil will suit them. 



Iris. What should we do without this most 

 lovely and most easily cultivated of flowers ; so 

 delightful in form, and so diverse in colour. The 



