Gardening for Amateurs 



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Michaelmas Daisies. Perennial Asters, 

 so well known as Michaelmas Daisies, are 

 ideal plants for massing. There are numer- 

 ous lovely varieties, but 

 Climax has unusually large 

 clear blue flowers with 

 golden centre, and is one 

 of the best. Beauty of 

 Colwall has beautiful double 

 flowers of a pleasing laven- 

 der shade, and Finchley 

 White is a very fine variety 

 that is well worthy of in- 

 clusion. 



Ox-eye Daisies are 

 handsome flowers, very easy 

 to grow, as they succeed 

 in quite ordinary garden 

 soil, and soon form large 

 masses. Chrysanthemum 

 maximum, King Edward 

 VII., is one of the finest 

 of them, having very large 

 pure white flowers on stiff, erect stems. 

 Robinsoniana has distinct white blooms 

 with rather narrow petals. 



Bellflowers. Several of the Campanu- 

 las or Bellflowers are very desirable, and of 

 these the Peach-leaved sort (C. persicifolia) 

 is one of the best ; its attractive blue 

 flowers are most effective in June. Alba 

 grandiflora and Moerheimi, with large, white, 

 semi-double flowers, are both valuable varie- 

 ties. Campanula latifolia and the variety 

 alba should also be grown. These plants 



succeed in ordinary soil and like partial 



shade. 



^ Spiraeas. Spiraea aruncus is a splendid 



Loosestrife and 



A mass of Pink Roses Konigin Carola. 



\Vallflowers and Forget-me-nots. 



plant, with tall, cream-coloured plumes. 

 In common with the other Spiraeas it prefers 

 moist ground, and is perfectly at home 

 near the stream side. Spiraea palmata is 

 a beautiful crimson-flowered sort, and S. 

 Queen Alexandra has charming pink blooms. 

 Astilbe (Spiraea) Davidii possesses tall, grace- 

 ful flower spikes, of rosy mauve colouring, 

 and Astilbe grandis has handsome white 

 flower spikes that often reach a height of 

 6 feet. 



Coneflower. Lyth- 

 rum roseum superbum 

 (Loosestrife) is a valu- 

 able plant for a moist 

 situation, its showy 

 spikes of rosy purple 

 flowers in July being 

 especially striking. 

 Achillea eupatorium, 

 with broad heads of 

 yellow flowers, is \ cry 

 effective when planted 

 in large masses ; it 

 continues in bloom for 

 many wrrks, and is a 

 splendid plant for a 

 large bed. Rudlxvkia 

 Newmani (Coneflower) 

 should on no account 



