PERENNIALS AND BIENNIALS 



Wild Bergamot, with flowers varying in color 

 from rose to purple and white. I have tried 

 none of this genus but didyma, but that I cordially 

 commend. 



Pyrethrum roseum^ — Chrysanthemum coccineum, 

 as properly it should be called, — or Feverfew, is 

 a handsome flower which comes to us from the 

 Caucasus, and is there the source of the Persian 

 Insect Powder. It is easily raised from seed, is 

 perfectly hardy, and a profuse bloomer, its bright 

 red daisy-like flowers being an ornament to the 

 garden and to the table as well. The seeds are 

 easily collected, and may be sown in the spring 

 or the late summer. By careful selection the 

 color has been greatly increased in range, and we 

 can now get varieties in white, white with yellow 

 centre, purple, crimson, carmine, red, pink, lilac, 

 and rose. It blooms from June 20th to July 

 25th. 



Campanula carpatica, or Carpathian Harebell, 

 is one of the most desirable of the campanulas 

 after the medium varieties. It bears well up above 

 the foliage numerous cup-shaped flowers, on stems 

 ten inches or more long. The original color is a 

 light blue, but varieties have been produced of a 

 still paler blue and white. It bears an abun- 



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