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One more plant I must speak of as a Poppy, 

 though the catalogues will call it Glaucium, but 

 the Horn Poppy gives us such beautiful colour 

 and form in its glaucous blue foliage, and yellow 

 flowers, that it is a great help in our borders, as is 

 also the variety Q. flavum tricolor, with its orange- 

 scarlet flowers. These you should raise from seed 

 each year, sowing early to make good plants. 



Primrose and Polyanthus. Whatever the size 

 of your garden, I would advise you to find a corner 

 for these delightful spring flowers. Primroses, 

 Primula acaulis, or vulgaris, begin to flower in 

 March ; you may either use them as an edging for 

 beds, and move them to other quarters when they 

 have done flowering, or you may give them a 

 corner to themselves, where they can be left in 

 peace during their untidy season, but in this case 

 it must be a corner where they will get shade from 

 the midsummer sun. The blue Primroses are most 

 prolific bloomers, and make a pretty border, but 

 there is a lilac one which is still prettier, and is 

 charming in the house, for it keeps a beautiful 

 colour by lamplight. The double varieties are 

 good, but more difficult to cultivate in most soils. 



A bed of many-coloured Primroses raised from 



