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petals are of the same color but much deeper. It is very showy 
and conspicuous and worthy of more general as neane its 
flowering period extending over a month. The two other species 
referred to, 7. ails Gala with its yellow flowers of aay shape, 
all globular, are also attractive, and would be seni effective if it 
were not for the presence of their more showy relative. 
he common bleeding-heart of the pei ‘whieh hails from 
the flowery kingdom of Japan, is always a favorite, and de- 
servedly so; its relative, the wild bleeding-heart of the Alle- 
ghan Mountains though s ee in every way, is pretty and 
c e he m 
color, is the moss pink, Fhlox yaaa It is so common 
and well known that it hardly needs a v of comment, but its 
bright flowers borne in such Baie cannot ae but call forth 
an expression of admiration. Belonging to the same family, the 
Polemoniaceae, is the Greek valerian, ee mee It is 
one of our pretty wild species, not in this neighborhood but a 
little further west, spreads rapidly, and soon forms large masses 
which bloom freely, the flowers being of a deep blue. It thrives 
best in moist situations 
oming now to that family which is so gorgeous with its great 
profusion of flowers i in the late summer and autumn, the Com- 
among them is the butter-bur, or butterfly dock, Petasetes Peta- 
sites, It spreads very rapidly by underground stems, and its 
rambles must be as cl. ae pest and restricted as in the case 
of the coltsfoot, referred to in a previous article. The flowers, as 
in that species, precede the leaves, forming large showy racemes, 
sometimes containing 75 heads or more. These in turn are fol- 
