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now advertised, such as Victoria Blue, a lovely little plant for 

 edgings, rockwork, &:c., with bright blue flowers : it is very 

 dwarf, growing only 6in. high ; Emperor William, another dwarf 

 annual, with blue flowers, &:c. 



These varieties of C. Cya?ius are exceedingly showy plants 

 for the herbaceous border, and also make charming pictures 

 when grown in quantity in wild gardens and woodlands. A 

 ■small bed in the flower-garden would produce a grand display 

 if sown with mixed seed, saved from the dwarf-growing kinds. 

 The cut flowers are also highly prized for vases and bouquets. 

 The Cornflower will stand our hardest winter outside without 

 injury. It is best sown in the early autumn in beds, to be 

 transplanted in the early spring into its flowering quarters ; it 

 would do equally well if sown at the same time of the 3'ear 

 in the position in which it is intended to flower. C. depressa is a 

 showy annual with fine blue flowers, having crimson centres. 

 It is rather like the common Cornflower, but has brighter flowers, 

 and is much dwarfer, growing only ift. high. C. suaveole?is, 

 more generally known as Sweet Sultan, is an effective plant, 



with showy thistle- shaped 

 flowers, useful for cutting 

 for bouquets : they are 

 very fragrant, and last a 

 long time in water. There 

 are three varieties with 

 white, purple, and yellow 

 flowers, the last-mentioned 

 being much the prettiest 

 If sown \n autumn the 

 plants produce larger 

 flowers and also blossom 

 longer than if sown in 

 spring. They grow to a 

 height of ijft. 



Chrysanthemums. 



These form a lovelv set 

 of plants, and should be 

 grown in every garden, 

 whether large or small. 

 They are exceedingly free 

 flowering, of neat, robust 

 habit, and are very use- 

 ful decorative subjects, 

 whether grown in beds 

 by themselves, m large 

 patches in the mixed flower-border, or in bold groups in the 

 Avild garden. The cut flowers are also highly appreciated for 

 bouquets. C. cariiiatuni (Tricolor Chrysanthemum, or Summer 



