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a border out of doors from April to June, 

 to bloom the following year ; if seed is 

 sown in a heated r .eenhouse during February, 

 and seedlings lanted in May, they bloom 

 the same ye# . While for general purposes 

 the seedlinf j of the granaiuuic. or hybrida 

 strains with large flowers in yellow, copper, 

 gold and crimson are sufficient, a few named 

 sorts such as those given below will appeal 

 to many amateurs : Clara Eastburn, red 

 and yellow ; Cumberland, yellow, brown 

 disc ; Coronation, 

 pale yellow ; Dia- 

 deme, red, edged 

 gold ; Hannibal, 

 orange-scarlet, 

 brown disc ; James 

 Krluuy, scarlet, 

 gold edge ; John 

 Harkness, crimson, 

 edged yellow ; Lady 

 Roll is ton, clear 

 yellow; Lord 

 Rosebery, lemon- 

 yellow, centre ma- 

 roon ; Vivian Grey, 

 yellow. They grow 

 from 2 to 2J feet 

 high. 



Galega (Goat's 

 Rue). The Goat's 

 Rue, or French 

 Lilac, is an old- 

 fashioned border 

 plant with numer- 

 ous clusters of pea- 

 like blooms. Large 

 flowering bushes of 

 the common kind, 

 with lilac blossoms, 

 and the white 

 variety, alba, can 

 IK- seen in many 

 cottage gardens. 

 They have elegant 

 pinnate leaves, and 

 grow from 3 to 4 

 feet high, bearing 

 in summer and 

 early autumn a 

 profusion of blos- 

 som. Give the 

 plants a sunny 



position in the border, they will bloom 

 freely in ordinary soil enriched with 

 manure ; plant any time during mild 

 weather from October to March. They are 

 easily increased by division of the clumps 

 in autumn or spring, and from seeds sown 

 in the open border from April to June. 

 G. officinalis, th^ Common Goat's Rue, 

 3 to 4 feet high, is a free-growing plant 

 worthy of a place in every border, pro- 

 ducing a profusion of lilac blossoms : alba 



A splendid clump of perennial Larkspur (Delphinium), the finest of blue 

 hardy flowers. 



