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a border flower will bear partial shade. But to nl)tain a 

 fine bloom the soil should be rich and deep as fur the dwari 

 lobelias and verbenas, none of which ever attain ti> per- 

 fection in a starving soil. 



The evolutirmists have concluded that bbie (lowers are 

 derived from red and white flowers by a long' process of 

 modification, l>lue being' a sign of the highest order of de- 

 velopment in the vegetable kingdom. Thus, they say, is 

 explained the comparative scarcity of blue amongst flowers. 

 We have not many in the garden, nor are there many in 

 the field. ^Vhile the nodding squill makes a blue cloud on 

 the skirts of the woodland, we may find on the rail\\:n" 

 banks and hedgerows a blue to match it in the germander 

 speedwell, and at the same time there should be seen on the 

 garden rockery three blue flowers of the most glorious 

 character. They are LitJio-speniiiim jjrof<friifiii;i, Veronica 

 snsafilis, and Mi/osoii-i nipicohi. A few large sheets of 

 these on a spacious and sunny rockery will effect a surprise 

 in the months of Ma}' and June. 



