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these are all worthy of culture. The last is as 

 shaggy as a Skye terrier, and does not grow more 

 than an inch high. I have found it thrive out of 

 doors in a garden near London, though people 

 generally treat it as a delicate alpine plant, and 

 . grow it in frames. 



A really ornamental species of Flax is not by 

 any means a common inmate of British gardens, 

 but a pretty species occurs in some of our eastern 

 counties, and may be seen in most botanic gardens 

 and some nurseries. This is Linum perenne, a 

 pretty blue-flowering, medium-sized border plant. 

 There is a pure white variety, which is fully equal 

 to the blue, or even better, because pure white 

 border flowers are not so plentiful. Both are quite 

 hardy and perennial, well suited for rockwork or 

 the most select mixed border. There is also a 

 rose-coloured variety, but whether the " rose" be 

 worthy of that name or not I cannot say, as I 

 have not flowered the plant. The Perennial 

 Flax, or any of its varieties, will be found to 

 thrive in any place where the grass is not mown 

 as well as on borders. Seed is offered by 

 various seedsmen, so that there need be no 

 difficulty in raising plants of this most desirable 

 British species. None of the other British Flaxes 



