LIST OF FLOWERS 



and a mixtufe of these colours — may be found in any good seed 

 catalogue, and the long-spurred type has been made a speciality 

 by some florists. For blooming in the same autumn seeds may be 

 sown in a frame in February or March, and the seedlings transplanted 

 as soon as their size and the weather permit. If sown in the open in 

 summer the plants should be strong enough for transplanting by the 

 autumn, and should flower as early as May or June in the following 

 year. With the Alpine varieties the sowing should be made early 

 in spring and the seedlings pricked out into pans and sheltered in a 

 cool house or a frame until August, when they may be removed to 

 the selected positions. A rich, well-drained loam is the proper soil 

 for them. 



ARABIS. A large family is included under this name, but the 

 two varieties generally familiar are A . alhida (White Rock Cress) and 

 A. alpina (Bee-flower). Both are quite hardy, and the first is de- 

 servedly most popular in towns, as it will grow in any soil and pre- 

 sents a mass of snow-white bloom early in spring. Seed should be 

 sown in summer for flowering in the following spring. 



ARCTOTIS. Two of this species are usually included in seed 

 catalogues and may be treated as half-hardy annuals — the A. 

 grandis and the A. breviscapa. Both are of easy culture and bloom 

 freely in a sunny position. A . grandis Isears long-stalked daisy-like 

 flowers of mingled white and lilac, excellent for cutting; while the 

 A. breviscapa has an abundance of showy blossoms of a rich orange 

 colour. 



ARENARIA {Sandwort). Under this name are included a large 

 family of rock plants, of which the two most useful in the Rock 

 Garden are A. montana (Mountain Sandwort) and A. balearica 

 (Creeping Sandwort). The first is a free and hardy grower and bears 

 large white flowers; while the latter rapidly spreads its green growth 

 and pretty little white flowers over rocks and stones in any ordinary 

 soU, and is excellent for the Wall Garden. Both kinds are propa- 

 gated by divisioil. 



ARGEMONE {Prickly Poppy). Although sometimes classed as 

 a perennial, this plant is so susceptible to cold and wet that it should 

 be treated as a half-hardy annual. Sowing should be made in a 

 warm frame and the seedlings transplanted in moist weather to a 

 protected border, where, in a favourable season, they will attain a 

 height of about 2 feet, bearing large, poppy-like flowers — white with 

 yellow stamens. 



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