RAISING FLOWERS FROM SEED 



In color the starworts range from white 

 through shades of palest lavender and ame- 

 thyst to deep purple, and through shades of 

 pale pink to dark rose. They are easily raised 

 from seed sown in the spring and, if trans- 

 planted in the autumn where they are to live, 

 will bloom the following year. They grow 

 from two to four feet in height and, if raised 

 in both early and late varieties, will bloom 

 from the end of July until well into Novem- 

 ber. Their natural place is in masses in the 

 shrubberies, planted among evergreens, or in 

 large, mixed, herbaceous borders. 



Anchusa Italica. A perennial not yet very 

 much grown, but which when once known will 

 always find a place in the garden, is the 

 Anchusa Italica, or Italian Alkanet, Dropmore 

 variety. Two-year-old plants in my garden 

 were seven feet high in June, and were con- 

 tinually covered for six weeks with small blue 

 flowers formed in clusters eighteen inches 

 long. The seeds may be sown in August as 



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