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ing stems should not be cut down ; the blooms, as they 

 fade, should be picked off singly. The Giant Chimney 

 Campanula, still grown in flower-pots in a greenhouse by 

 most people, is a noble border plant that is quite hardy, 

 and, I think, demands classification in my list. The seeds 

 are sown in March, to provide plants that will blossom 

 in July of the following year, and in August these are big 

 enough to plant out in the border where they are to 

 bloom. It is true that for the first season they have only 

 leaves to show, but these are so large and lustrous and 

 fresh, and combine to form such handsome plants, that 

 I hope I have made out a good case for them. 



The Meadow Sweet (Spiraea filipendula) has exquisite 

 leafage, and would be well worth including among tidy 

 plants even if it did not bloom at all. Even when the 

 flowers have faded and the stems are cut down, the grace- 

 ful, feathery foliage remains as fresh as ever. I cannot 

 praise the delightful little Heuchera sanguinea too highly. 

 Surely everyone knows its small, bright-red blossoms 

 that are profusely produced in May ; they are among 

 my earliest flower recollections. Until I began to 

 take notes and compile a list of tidy plants, I had never 

 realised to the full the charm of their neat, rounded, 

 grey-green tufts of leaves. The old Japanese Stonecrop 

 (Sedum spectabile), beloved of bees and now out-classed 

 by an improved variety called atropurpureum, just as 

 tidy as the old sort charms with its thick, grey leaves 

 as much as by its pale, rose-coloured flower heads that 



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