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SUMMER FLO WEES. 

 June to end of August. 



At this season hardy border flowers are perhaps at the zenith of their beauty, and the 

 difficulty of selecting the best among so many choice kinds is very great. Those in 

 bloom are as a rule of more imposing beauty than earlier flowers, although there are 

 many of dwarf habit which are well suited for planting near the front of the borders or 

 for small beds or groups on grass. From the wealth of flowers at command it is impossible 

 to give a limited selection without omitting many good flowers of great beauty, but the 

 list given will be found to yield considerable variety of form and colour. Eoses, 

 pentstemons, phloxes, delphiniums, pinks, carnations and picotees and other florists' 

 flowers add much to the attractions of the borders at this season, and the Spanish and 

 English Irises, Galtonia candicans, Montbretias, and early and late gladioli should be 

 largely employed. Clematises and other perennial or annual climbers ought not to be 

 neglected where suitable positions offer. The lists given in other parts of this 

 work should be studied for the most suitable and best plants in each of the above 

 classes. 



SELECTIONS. 



Achillea (Sneezewort, Yarrow). — Useful border 

 flowers valued highly for cutting and of easy 

 growth in ordinary soil with a sunny exposure. 

 A. argentea (silvery), white, silvery foliage ; 9 

 inches ; dry soil. A. millefolium roseum (red), 

 crimson; H- feet. A. ptarmica fl. pi. (double 

 sneezewort), white; 2 feet. "Pearl" and "The 

 Bride" are good varieties of this. A. sibirica 

 (syn. mongolica) (Siberian), white; 2 feet. A. 

 Tourneforti (Tournefort's yarrow) (syn. A. segyp- 

 tiaca), yellow, in flat corymbs ; 1 to 2 feet. 

 Division. 



Aconitum (Monkshood). — Fine border plants indis- 

 pensable in the garden, but poisonous. Grow in 

 good soil in sun, and are increased by seed or 

 division. Many species. A. Fischeri (syn. A. 

 autumnale) (Fischer's), blue ; 3-A feet. A. lycoc- 

 tonum (wolfs bane aconite), yellow ; 4 feet. 

 A. Napellus (common), dark blue ; 4 feet. A. N. 

 album, white ; 4 feet. A. variegatum (variegated- 

 flowered), blue and white ; 4 feet. 



Adenophoka. — Pretty campanula-like plants for 

 sunny and dryish positions in light soil. A. 



denticulata, H feet; dark blue. A. liliifolia, 

 light blue ; 1| feet. Seed or division. 



Alsteomeria. — Splendid border plants for deep rich 

 soil, well-drained. Plant 1 foot deep or sow seeds 

 in position. Cover in winter with litter. Full 

 sun. Division in spring or seeds. A. aurantiaca 

 (orange), orange ; 2 to 4 feet. A. haemantha 

 (Chilian), various ; 2 to 3 feet. A. pulchella 

 (syn. psittacina), dark red or green ; 2 to 4 feet. 



Althaea rosea (Common Hollyhock). — Single plants 

 or groups of this well-known biennial are very 

 effective. Cuttings or seed. 



Anchusa italica (Italian Alkanet). — Blue, 3 to 4 

 feet. Biennial in most gardens. Seed or divi- 

 sion. 



Anemone (Windflower). — Very beautiful and valuable 

 flowers. A. alba (white windflower), white ; 

 6 to 12 inches. A. japonica (Japan windflower), 

 red ; 2 to 3h feet. A. j. alba or Honorine Jobert, 

 white. A.'^fj. elegans, rose. Whirlwind, semi- 

 double white. Coupe d' argent, double white; 

 Beaute Parfaite ; Couronne virginale. Lord 

 Ardilaun and Lady Ardilaun are superior 



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