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there are both blue and white-flowered forms, is a 

 robust plant making a brave display when in full bloom, 

 and the Tree Lupins, yellow and white, which form 

 great bushes six feet and more in height and as much 

 in diameter are also most effective. The latter generally 

 die when they reach a large size, but they are easily 

 raised from seed and seedlings should be ready to take 

 the place of those that succumb. 



Lychnis. — The scarlet L. chalcedonica y an old garden 

 plant, is very valuable on account of the vivid colour of 

 its flower-heads and grows to a height of over three 

 feet. It will thrive in any soil, but attains its finest 

 dimensions in that which is rich and deep. L. Haageana, 

 with larger blossoms of the same tint, is of dwarfer 

 growth. 



Molospermum. — Jld. circutarium is a fine foliage plant 

 with large deeply divided leaves that enjoys a rich, 

 moist soil. 



Monarda. — Bergamot, Beebalm, the latter name arising 

 from the fact that the insides of the new straw skeps 

 used to be rubbed with it, under the impression that the 

 smell would prevent the bees from deserting. This old- 

 fashioned plant has a fine effect when naturalised in 

 large masses outside a shrubbery or wood, the deep 

 crimson of the flower-heads being quite a feature in the 

 landscape. 



Myrrhis odorata. — Sweet Cicely. A native plant 

 growing to a height of two feet having delicately 

 cut leaves and white flowers. 



Oenothera. — Evening Primrose. CE. Lamarckiana, 

 which grows to a height of five feet and bears large 

 yellow flowers, is an excellent wild garden plant, 

 being a fair sight along the verges of woodland spaces 

 after the heat of the day is past. 



Onopordon. — Cotton Thistle. Vigorous plants of a 

 thistle-like habit, some attaining a height of ten 



