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Gardening for Amateurs 



Double Yarrow (Achillea Plarmica 



from April to June, also by division of the 

 roots during mild weather from October 

 to March. The seedlings flower the following 

 year. C. babylonica, 8 to 12 feet high, 

 has striking silvery foliage, which is even 

 more ornamental than the yellow flowers 

 that are produced from July to September. 

 C. dealbata, 1 to 2 feet high, has pinnate, 

 silvery leaves, and, in summer, pink flowers. 

 C. glastifolia, 4 to 5 feet high, with elegant 

 foliage, bears silvery, thistle-like heads of 

 yellow flowers from July to September. 

 C. macrocephala, the Great Knapweed, 4 feet 

 high, is a showy and striking border plant, 

 with large heads of yellow flowers from July 

 to September. C. ruthenica, height 3 to 4 

 feet, has fern-like foliage, and bears yellow 

 flowers in July and August. C. montana, 

 aptly named the Perennial Cornflower, is 

 the most useful of all, and should find a 



place in every gar- 

 den. The value of the 

 pale mauve-blue 

 flowers can scarcely 

 be over- estimated ; 

 the variety alba is 

 white ; carnea, flesh- 

 pink ; purpurea, red- 

 dish - purple ; rubra, 

 rosy-red ; and sul- 

 phurea. straw-yellow. 

 Gimicifuga (Bug- 

 wort). The Cimici- 

 f ugas, though not 

 numerous, contain 

 several plants of con- 

 siderable value in gar- 

 dens. The flowering 

 season is late summer 

 and autumn, when 

 their white or 

 creamy-white flowers 

 are among the most 

 showy and attractive 

 in the border. They 

 thrive in most garden 

 soils, and are propa- 

 gated by division of 

 the clumps in autumn 

 or spring, and from 

 seeds sown in autumn 

 The Pearl). in a cold frame as 



soon as ripe or on 



a prepared bed out of doors from April 

 to June. Although established clumps pro- 

 duce longer flower stems and more of them, 

 Cimicifugas make a very good show the first 

 season after planting. So long as the plants 

 flower satisfactorily, which will be for at 

 least four or five years, the clumps should 

 not be disturbed ; they thrive in sun or 

 partial shade. Two kinds, C. racemosa and 

 C. simplex, thrive well under the conditions 

 usually prevailing in the small town or 

 suburban garden. In their order of merit 

 for garden decoration the chief kinds may 

 be enumerated as follows : C. simplex grows 

 about 3 feet high, has elegant, divided 

 foliage, and tall graceful spikes of snowy- 

 white flowers throughout September and 

 October. C. racemosa, the Black Snake-root, 

 an old garden plant, introduced as long ago 

 as 1732, flowers from July to September, the 



