^ Incana blooms during July and August and is 

 followed by the tall Veronica subsesslis, one of the 

 handsomest hardy perennials we grow. Seed of 

 both these veronicas germinate quickly and the 

 strong young plants may be planted out in late 

 September or Wintered in a cold-frame. 

 ^ There is still another veronica that blooms 

 with the long-spurred hybrid columbines, a lovely 

 variety with pointed pale blue spikes that are seen 

 to advantage among the rose-pink, butterfly 

 blooms of the most beautiful of all the colum- 

 bines. Rose Queen. We are fortunate that seed of 

 this exquisite variety is to be had and we should 

 plan for a great many plants. Sow the seed now. 

 The name of this pretty specimen is Gentianoides 

 and it blooms in late April, May and early June. 

 Sow generously seed of all the long-spurred colum- 

 bines. One cannot possibly have too many of these 

 graceful flowers. 



^ I wish every amateur would try raising ere- 

 murus from seed. This gigantic, unique and dis- 

 tinguished perennial should be the fir^ of the 

 very tall flowers to bloom in the border and any 

 one who imagines it is not hardy will be quickly 

 convinced by the simplicity of its culture. Perhaps 

 its extreme grandeur and its almost uncanny 

 characteristics cause us to look upon it as difficult 

 to grow, but indeed it is not. There are out of the 

 twenty species or more, but three I should grow 

 and they are, fir^, Robustus which will grow from 

 ten to fourteen feet, with its great, beautiful flower 

 spire sometimes thirty inches long and of a soft 



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