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Christmas Roses Helleborus. These charming 

 white flowers are in bloom early in January, or 

 sometimes earlier, and are well worth growing, but 

 they increase slowly. When once established, they 

 should not be disturbed, as they go on for many 

 years. They are quite hardy, but if protected by a 

 hand-light as the buds appear, you will get better 

 and cleaner flowers; they like a damp or clay 

 soil. 



Cistus Helianthemum. Charming little wiry 

 plants giving masses of bloom in every shade of 

 white, pink, and yellow, in June. They like a 

 sunny dry bank, or rockery. You will often find 

 them put among " shrubs " in the nurserymen's 

 catalogues ; they must be grown in chalky soil to 

 make good effect. 



Crane's Bill Geranium. Very useful and pretty 

 plant, with blue, pink, white, or purple flowers, 

 and graceful foliage turning nice shades of red in 

 autumn ; they will grow in any soil or position, and 

 flower for a long time. 



Crown Imperial Fritillaria imperialis. Very 

 handsome bulbous plants, flowering in early spring, 

 growing three feet high, with a sort of crown of 

 leaves, having pendant flowers below them, either 



