a soft, fine rose-pink, also flowering late. The 

 fourth is Waldeck Rousseau, the last of this group, 

 and to me the most striking. The flower panicles 

 are fully twelve inches in length, pendulous, grace- 

 ful and of a most delicate pale pink. There are, 

 I regret to say, but few nurseries which grow these 

 varieties. Grouping them together in rich soil 

 with a framing of herbaceous pink lupins, and pro- 

 tecting them during their first Winter in your gar- 

 dens with four or five inches of rotted stable ma- 

 nure, this planting will be — must be — one of your 

 rarest garden pictures. But remember, they 

 should be planted this Fall. 



WHITE KERRIA 

 Fraxinella and Pink Fox-gloves 



The White Kerria is identical with Golden 

 Kerria except, of course, that the flowers are white. 

 The same small, finely veined foliage, the same 

 low, spready habit, but, what is a decided advan- 

 tage, it thrives splendidly in semi-shade. Planted 

 with the pale pink and white Fraxinella and the 

 tall pink Fox-glove, in partial shade, all are ex- 

 quisite together. The Fraxinella dictamnus and 



