SHRUBS, VINES, PLANTS AND BULBS 



a healthy plant, remains in bloom for fully 

 three weeks, and the flowers are of beautiful 

 colors — white, pink, crimson, yellow, white 

 with a pink eye. Newport Pink, a new 

 variety, is particularly beautiful, being a 

 watermelon-pink. It does not, however, seem 

 to be quite as hardy as the other varieties. 



DiCTAMNUS (Gas Plant). 2 to 3 feet. Plant 

 in the spring in a sunny place. It should be 

 seldom transplanted, but the roots may be 

 separated. Blooms in June and July. In hot 

 weather, the odd pink-and-white flowers give 

 out a fragrant oil which a lighted match will 

 ignite. The tall spikes of bloom make this a 

 very handsome perennial. 



DiCENTRA (Bleeding Heart). 1 to 2 feet. 

 Plant in the fall, as it starts very early in the 

 spring. Blooms in May and June. The long 

 racemes of heart-shaped pink-and-white 

 flowers are familiar to all lovers of old- 

 fashioned gardens. 



Digitalis (Foxglove). 2 to 4 feet. Plant 

 in the spring or fall. Sow the seed in April in 



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