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Eremurus robustus,— One of the best-known Eremuri in gardens, 3 ; 

 with a huge flower stem 6 to 10 feet high and crowned with a dense 

 raceme of peach-coloured flowers nearly 2 inches across. A native of 

 Turkestan, it is often seen forcing its shoots through frozen ground. 

 Flowering in June, and given a suitable season in which to ripen its 

 seeds, it can be propagated from seeds fairly easily. 



Delphinium < King of the Delphiniums.'— This is the last, but not 

 the least important, example for the back row. One of the choicest 

 of the numerous varieties now obtainable, it has large flower spikes 

 of an intense indigo blue, the plant altogether reaching a height 

 of 5 feet. 



Examples for the second row, and starting to plant at the same 

 end as before, as follows, firstly : 



Thalietrum glaucum.— A native of the South of Europe, growing 

 from 5 to 6 feet high, with grey-green finely cut leaves and feathery 

 heads of pale yellow flowers, in June and July. The usual method 

 of propagation is by division in autumn and spring. 



Senecio Clivorum is a fairly new border plant from China, with 

 large heart-shaped leaves a foot or more across, and of a shiny green 

 colour. The tall, much-branched heads of orange and yellow flowers, 

 with a brown centre 2 or 3 inches across, appear in July and August. 

 Easy of culture, and raised from seed, it is not particular as to the 

 soil in which it finds itself. 



Campanula lactiflora eoerulea. — ^A vigorous Caucasian species, 

 2 to 6 feet high. Flowering from July to September, it bears its blue 

 flowers in loose panicles, and can be raised from seed in a cold frame 

 in autumn or spring. 



Delphinium 'Lizzie Van Veen.' — A splendid variety with azure- 

 blue flowers, with a small white eye. It grows to a height of at least 

 5 feet ana is propagated as mentioned before. 



Verbascum 'Miss Willmott.' — Appearing from June onwards the 

 flowers of this Verbascum are white in colour, the plant attaining 

 a height of 6 feet. Propagated by seeds, and division if the plant 

 should prove perennial. 



Helenium grandicephalum striatum or as it is also called H. nudi- 

 florum, a fine Texan perennial, 4 to 5 feet high, with lance-shaped 

 leaves and heads of deep orange flowers about 2 inches across, having 

 the ray florets striped and blotched with crimson. Heleniums grow 

 in any garden soil and are somewhat coarse of growth. They may 

 be increased by seeds sown in spring in cold frames, or more easily 

 still by dividing the roots, preferably in spring. 



Poterium canadense, which, although it attains a height of 6 feet, 

 would not crowd out the plants behind it. It has deeply cut grey- 

 green foliage, and long spikes of creamy white flowers from the tip 

 of every shoot during late summer and early autumn. Where the 

 room can be afforded several plants should be grouped together to gain 

 the best effect. Propagation is by dividing the root stock in autumn. 



