FLOWERS THAT DO NOT DISAPPOINT 



or rose are fascinating in the months of May and June. 

 The Larkspurs or Delphiniums, incomparably beautiful 

 in high summer, are luckily also to be classed among the 

 flowers that do not disappoint, especially if a few ashes 

 are sprinkled among and around the succulent growths, 

 when they show through early in the year, to keep the 

 slugs away. There are two handsome Bellflowers (Cam- 

 panula persicifolia and grandis) that never forget to put 

 in an appearance, and delight the gardener in June. 

 Both grow about 2 feet high. Then there are the 

 broad-leaved Bellflower (Campanula latifolia) and its 

 white variety that comes rather later ; both are taller, 

 altogether more vigorous plants, that soon form fine 

 clumps 4 or 5 feet high. 



Phloxes, if in well-manured, well-tilled soil, and not 

 too sunny a place, are equally satisfactory, and the 

 garden borders in August would look very forlorn with- 

 out them. After the first season, the Japanese Anemones 

 that bloom throughout August and September never fail 

 to produce their exquisite white or rose-coloured blossoms 

 on long and graceful stems ; and how they thrive even 

 in the shade ! It is as well to take precautions against 

 slugs and snails, which appear to have an especial fond- 

 ness for the handsome leafage, or this will become riddled 

 with holes and altogether unsightly. An occasional 

 sprinkling of lime and soot usually keeps these pests at 

 bay, or recourse may be had to one of the many patent 

 preparations now on the market. 



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