TIDY PLANTS 



callis that blossom in June, and are chiefly in shades of 

 orange and yellow. Well, these, I think, deserve to be 

 classed among the tidy plants, if only such leaves are 

 cut off as may happen to turn yellow, and this is 

 possible even with the best-behaved plants. One must 

 not expect too much. The Potentillas form very neat 

 tufts, and after the dead Strawberry-like blossoms are 

 cut off they seem neater than ever. These I can recom- 

 mend with the greatest confidence. The Burning Bush 

 (Dictamnus Fraxinella and its white variety) also deserves 

 inclusion, for the leaves retain their freshness and the 

 clumps remain presentable for weeks and weeks after 

 the flowers are over. 



Many of the Campanulas or Bellflowers claim recogni- 

 tion as tidy plants. I am not sure which has the greatest 

 merits ; but I think few, if any, excel Campanula grandis 

 that makes bold tufts, each tuft composed of many separ- 

 ate plants, and throws up 2-feet-high stems smothered 

 in large sky-blue blossoms in early summer. When the 

 flower stalks are cut off the leafy tufts remain, fresh and 

 attractive the summer and even the winter through. 

 And how they spread ! The Peach-leaved Bellflower is 

 quite different in its growth, but it deserves, I think, 

 to be included, for, in addition to its fairly presentable 

 appearance after the chief blossoming is over, it possesses 

 the additional distinction of continuing in flower more 

 or less throughout the summer, if the dead blooms are 

 picked off. This is one of the plants of which the flower- 



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