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myriad blossoms gracefully produced, render them 
especially noteworthy. The variety camposii is pretty. 
Pinks.—These are too well-known to need comment. 
In the section of the border devoted to white flowers, 
a variety, like Her Majesty, can ill be spared. 
Dwarf Phlox.—The clustering blossoms of these 
charming plants show to advantage in the front of the 
border. The a/ba variety of the well-known P. Subulata, 
and P. Nelsonit are both good whites. 
These are all under a foot in height, and make a 
pleasant foreground for the nobler plants behind them. 
White flowers require to be used sparingly, as con- 
stant repetition wearies the eye. Though generally 
regarded as a positive colour, there are various shades, 
and it is best to include cream tinted flowers in the 
same section, using the hardest whites to give the 
effect of a high light. 
PLants witH YELLow FLowers 
Heleniums.—Few plants are better adapted for giving 
quantities of cut bloom. Either H. autumnale or the 
improved variety superbum, which is a noble flower, 
should be grown. August to October. 
Helianthus A beautiful race of showy flowers. 
The rigidus variety Miss Mellish, and Soleil d’Or in the 
decapetalus section, are both worthy of a place; also 
giganteus with flowers of a paler colour. 
Bocconia Cordata.—Plume Poppy. A _ good foliage 
lant. 
Rudbeckia.—Coneflower. Late summer and autumn 
flowering plants. R. /aciniata, Golden Glow is one of 
the best, the flowers being produced on slender stalks 
in great profusion. 
Verbascum.—Mullein. Stately plants, attaining, when 
well grown, a height of Io ft. V. Chaixi, syn. V. 
