8 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 
turnips that were formerly grown, but are now but rarely 
seen in this country. Amongst the allied plants that are 
worth a place in the herbaceous border, and more particu- 
larly in the front of the shrubbery border, the following 
deserve special mention, as they are handsome and by no 
means likely to prove hurtful to life, as the common monks- 
hood always is:—<Aconitum antumnale, height three feet, 
flowers pale blue; 4. japonicum, like the last, but of a fuller 
blue; A. chinense, height five feet or more, flowers brilliant 
blue—a splendid plant, requires a dry, warm border, and 
shelter; 4. dycoctonum, height four feet, flowers creamy 
yellow ; A. variegatum, height four feet, flowers blue and 
white, a fine plant. All these thrive in common garden 
soil. Those who have peat soil may add to the list 4. 
paniculatum and A, septentrionale; the first has flowers 
blue and white, the second reddish lavender. 
