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raised from seed, and the old plants can be divided 

 into any number of fresh ones ; they are very use- 

 ful for spring borders and edgings. 



Dielytra Dicentra, An excellent old-fashioned 

 plant with graceful foliage, and heart-shaped 

 flowers of coral-red and white ; about one foot high, 

 flowering in April. Light rich soil and partial 

 shade. 



Erigerons. All the Erigerons are useful, daisy- 

 like flowers, very free blooming. E. speciosum 

 is much the most showy mauve with golden eye. 

 It flowers in June, and if cut down immediately 

 after flowering, will give a second crop in the 

 autumn, equal to the first. Increased by division 

 or seed ; grows well in any common soil. 



Eschscholtzia or " Californian Poppy " as it is 

 sometimes called is a most useful and ornamental 

 biennial. The old colour was brilliant yellow, but 

 now you can get the charming E. mandarin, bril- 

 liant orange, and E. carmine king, a bright and 

 beautiful crimson. They thrive in poor soil, and full 

 sun, and are very easily grown. When once estab- 

 lished will always reproduce themselves on the 

 same spot, and go on flowering the whole summer ; 

 a poor dry soil seems to suit them best. 



