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feet. The most beautiful of the old perennial bellflowers, and the 

 next to the biennial Canterbury bells (see OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS, 



p. 57) in size of flower. , WIDE-LEAVED (C. latifolid). Purple 



or dark-blue loose raceme about 8 inches long, containing 8 to 15 

 very large (2^ inches long) flowers. Largest and coarsest leaves. 

 See also BALLOON FLOWER. 



BLANKET FLOWER (Gaillardia aristata). Red, yellow. July to October; 

 3 to 5 feet. The very gay, daisy-like flowers last throughout summer 

 if no seed forms. The only double-flowered variety is splendidissima 

 plena. Best yellow is Kelway's King, even the disc being yellow. 

 More flowers for cutting than any other hardy perennial. Drought 

 and frost resister. Cut flowers as fast as they fade. Cover plants 

 with litter after ground is frozen. Often grown as an annual. 



*BLEEDING HEART (Dicentra spectabilis). Pink; i| feet. Early May. 

 Heart-shaped flowers on long, gracefully arching sprays; long-lived. 

 Often catalogued as Dielytra or Diclytra. Rich, moist soil preferred. 

 Fragile looking, but quite hardy. 



BOLTONIA. See FALSE CHAMOMILE, NATIVE PLANTS, p. 89. 



BUGLE (Ajuga reptans). Creeper, with blue flowers in May. One of 

 the best carpeting plants. Mint family. Dark-leaved forms best. 



, GENEVA (A. Genevensis). May. Cheapest and showiest 



spring-blooming, blue-flowered plant for. carpeting. Fine for dry 

 places, and for shady situations, where grass will not grow. 



CAMPANULA. See BELLFLOWER. 



CANDYTUFT. See OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS, p. 57. 



CARDINAL FLOWER. See NATIVE PLANTS, p. 90. 



CATCHFLY, GERMAN (Lychnis Viscarid). Red, white. May, June; 6 to 

 20 inches. One of the best hardy perennials, growing in all soils. 

 Profuse bloomer in sunny places. The small flowers are massed 

 into a sort of head. Name comes from the sticky patches below 

 the flower clusters, which often catch ants and crawling insects. 

 Many varieties in various shades. See also LONDON PRIDE, p. 64. 



CHAMOMILE (Anthemis tmctoria). Yellow. June to frost; 2 feet. 

 Finely cut, dark-green foliage and immense quantities of golden- 

 yellow, daisy-like flowers, I inch across. Good for cutting, but 

 has strong, pungent odour of wormwood. Grows well in poorest soil. 

 , DOUBLE SCENTLESS (Matricaria indora, var. plenissimd). 





