PERENNIALS AND BIENNIALS 



of the men asked me what it was. I told him that 

 it was called " Baby's Breath," but that the 

 proper name was Gypsophilla. Later I heard 

 him passing this information on to the other men, 

 and they were solemnly informed that the plant 

 was called Baby's Breath, but that the proper 

 name was Gypsy's Fill. But my helpers have 

 long since passed that stage of botanical knowl- 

 edge, for I always insisted upon calling my 

 plants by their proper names, and the men were 

 forced to increase their vocabulary. 



" Now, Henry," I remember saying once, 

 " we '11 have a box full of Pyrethrum roseum from 

 the garden." 



The other men laughed, and Henry hesitated, 

 finally asking, " Do you mean them carrot tops ? " 

 Yes, it was the " carrot tops " we wanted, and he 

 had learned what Pyrethrum roseum was like in 

 its youth. At the same time it is a bit annoying, 

 after you have once learned so important a fact, 

 to find that this is not its proper name after 

 all, but that it should be called Chrysanthemum 

 coccineum. 



Linum narbonnense, the Perennial Flax, is as 

 charming and delicate a flower as can be found 

 anywhere. It is a profuse bloomer, and its sky- 



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