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pink or yellow ; they root deeply and require good 

 loamy soil. 



Day Lily Hemerocallis. Free-flowering plant 

 with Iris-like foliage. H.flava is very sweet scented, 

 with yellow flowers in May and June ; increases 

 rapidly in a dry soil. H. aurantiaca is a fine orange 

 variety, flowering rather later. 



Desmodium penduliflorum. A very valuable 

 plant for the autumn, with pea-shaped flowers in 

 long elegant sprays of a red-purple colour ; prefers 

 a rich soil. 



Dictamnus Fraxinella. A very handsome plant, 

 three feet high, with bold sturdy foliage, and up- 

 right spikes of red and white flowers which last a 

 long time ; there is also a variety with white 

 flowers. It is sometimes called " the burning bush," 

 for the flower stem and calyx are possessed of aro- 

 matic oil, and if a lighted match is held to it, while 

 in flower or immediately after flowering, the whole 

 spray is for a moment enveloped in a sheet of 

 flame. It can be increased by root cuttings, or 

 from seed, but is very slow growing, and dislikes 

 being moved ; preferring poor soil, and a sunny 

 position. 



Double Daisies Bellis. These are very easily 



