VARIETY IN THE FLOWER GARDEN 



Some kinds of Flax are elegant plants, with showy 

 flowers, and having these none too common qualities, are 

 not to be neglected. Linum grandiflorum rubrum, with 

 bright red blossoms, probably every gardener knows. 

 Linum perenne and Linum narbonense have blue blossoms ; 

 the latter is particularly fine, having flowers of light blue 

 veined with violet. 



Gaura Lindheimeri (how unfortunate am I in my 

 choice of names !), a plant growing about 3 feet high, 

 and bearing long arching spikes of white blossom, is 

 seldom heard of. Nevertheless it is well worth growing, 

 and commingling with a mass of red " Geraniums " 

 gives an effect that is not despised by many up-to-date 

 gardeners. Streptosolon Jamesoni, with brilliant orange- 

 red blooms a plant, by the by, that captivated me, as 

 I have seen it in Riviera gardens, where, often enough, it 

 is trained against white-walled houses with gorgeous 

 effect if allowed to grow freely, becomes an object worthy 

 of deep admiration, and forms a striking plant for the 

 centre of a large flower bed. There are other plants well 

 suited to the summer garden, but since I have still far to 

 go, and none too many pages in which to fulfil my 

 mission, I will conclude with a brief mention of some 

 of the most noteworthy still awaiting notice : the Plantain 

 Lily (Funkia Sieboldi), with handsome leaves and lilac- 

 purple blossom ; Begonia worthiana, with orange-scarlet 

 flowers; and the tall-growing perennial Lobelias, cardinalis, 

 and fulgens. 



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