family, doesn't come into flower until September 

 and the porcelain-blue spikes are lovely, especially 

 when near groups of pink lavatera. 

 ^ There is a soft, buffy yellow sort, Lycoctonum, 

 that blooms in July and another yellow that is 

 deeper in tone, Pyrenaicum, which are perfect 

 near Belladonna delphiniums. Seed of all these 

 aconitums you may secure from any reliable seed 

 house, but for the la^t and rare^ blue you mu^ 

 order plants for propagating, this is the famous 

 Wilson hybrid, IVilsonii, a superb specimen 

 with violet-blue flowers in September and Oc- 

 tober. Sow seed of them all and if you order a 

 half dozen good plants of IVilsonii you can make 

 many cuttings or divisions. Simple garden culture 

 is all that is needed for this handsome family. 

 ^ It seems rather superfluous to say anything 

 about hollyhocks but as there are hollyhocks and 

 hollyhocks, it is fitting that we should consider 

 the choicest. There are gardeners who prefer the 

 single form in a limited range of colors, and they 

 are wise in eliminating all the doubles and even 

 certain shades of the singles. You can't make a 

 mistake in growing the soft buff, watermelon 

 pink, pure white and scarlet, but I feel even scarlet 

 may be omitted to advantage, although a group 

 of it makes a glowing background for great plants 

 of the King of Delphiniums, whose foliage does 

 double duty in hiding the afflicted leaves of the 

 hollyhocks which should escape the disfiguring 

 blight if well sprayed with Bordeaux several times 

 during the early Su nmer. If they do not, then 



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