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fusion of white and purple flowers ; very pretty as an 

 edging for beds containing taller flowers. 



Siveet Alyssuiii — Another good edging plant; a 

 profuse bloomer, with white flowers ; very sweet, and 

 excellent for cutting. 



Mignonette — Delightfully fragrant, and having 

 very pretty, if not showy flowers ; one of the most 

 useful of all plants for bouquet use. 



Lobelia — A charming little thing; blue and white; 

 compact grower and great bloomer. 



Flowering Vines 



Morning Glory — One of the best plants we have 

 for covering screens, and training over doors and 

 windows. Exceedingly profuse in bloom and rich and 

 varied in coloring. 



Sweet Pea — Not a tall grower, but sufficiently so 

 to be of use in covering low screens and fences. 



Japan Hops — A very pretty vine of rapid growth, 

 having dark and gray-green foliage variegated with 

 white. 



Flowering Bean — An old favorite which has been 

 allowed to drop out of notice, but whose merits are 

 bringing it again to notice. Rich scarlet flowers, as 

 vivid as those of a Geranium. 



Cypress — A very beautiful vine of delicate habit, 

 with finely-cut foliage and bright scarlet flowers. 



Gourds — Rank, strong-growing vines, useful f-^r 

 covering summer houses and outbuildings. Valuable 

 chiefly because of their exceedingly rapid growth. 

 An effective planting of annual vines is seen in Fig 54. 



I want to give "special mention" to a few flowers 

 named in the above lists, because of their great merit. 

 One of these is the Aster. Because of its great florif- 

 erousness, and its habit of flowering after most other 



