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of making use of them for a garden is to bring up 

 some from seed every year. P. Hartwegii will give 

 you a choice of lovely reds and pinks ; they will 

 flower in August and September, and in a well- 

 drained soil they are hardy. P. heterophyllus is a 

 lovely sky-blue variety. 



Plumbago lapentae. This hardy Plumbago 

 should be grown in every garden. The flowers are 

 of a clear bright blue, and the foliage tipped with 

 red ; it only grows nine to twelve inches high, but 

 spreads very quickly, and as it does not begin to 

 flower until September, it is most valuable as an 

 autumn plant, and should be placed near the house 

 in a sunny situation ; it prefers a warm dry soil. 



Potentillas. Strawberry - shaped leaves, and 

 flowers in all shades of red and yellow ; very pretty 

 and effective in a clay or loam soil, but they will not 

 do well in a very light soil ; they are easily raised 

 from seed. 



Rhazya orientalis. This does not seem to be a 

 well-known plant, but it is a very pretty one, with 

 erect sprays of small light-blue flowers in pro- 

 fusion, about eighteen inches high, remaining in 

 beauty for a long time, increased by division of 

 roots ; grows well in a light soil. 



