palliatives from the list of violet-red flowers which we have been 
collecting and revising for the past two seasons. Many of our 
most beautiful flowers are little used in borders because of the 
prejudice against red-violet and violet-red, which flowers if 
carefully used could make subtle, refined and satisfying pictures. 
The following are useful plants which are generally avoided 
because their flowers run from red-violet through red-red-violet 
(purple) to violet-red and reddish-violet-red. 
Acanthus mollis, 
Achillea rosea. 
Agrostemma coronaria. 
A jug a rubra. 
Amarantus. 
Anemone Japonica rubra. 
Aster Novae-Angliae rosea. 
Astllbe rosea. 
Dictamnus fraxinella rubra. 
Dianthus barbaUis. 
Digitalis. 
Eupatorium purpureum. 
Geranium sanguineum. 
Geranium grancliflorum. 
Valeriana eoceina. 
Iris, Caprice, Her Majesty. 
Lathyrus latifolius, 
Liatris. 
LysimacMa. 
Ly thrum roseum. 
Monarda violacea. 
Peony. 
Phlox amoena, subulata, Le Mahdi. 
Phlomis. 
Polygonum Brunonis. 
Pvrethrum roseum. 
Budbeckia purpurea. 
Sedum spectabile. 
Stachys Betonica. 
Dull creamy- whites such as Artemesia ladiflora and Clematis 
erecta are a better foil for these rose-colored flowers than pure 
white, such as white Phlox or white Hesperis, which are too 
brilliant. 
A. G. H. 
Begoxias I wonder if any members of the Garden Club of America 
know the hardy Begonia, Begonia Evansiana? It resembles 
most other Begonias, grows from two to four feet tall, likes a 
loamy soil, blooms in August and lives out of doors here in 
Maryland all winter. It propagates itself by small bulbs which 
form the extremities of the branches. I cover the plants in 
winter and so far it always has come through without harm, 
and some of our winters have been very severe. It is a beautiful 
plant, with pink flowers and everyone should try it. I have 
never seen it offered for sale until this spring. It is listed by 
Conard and Jones, "Westgrove, Pennsylvania. The bulbs might 
be wintered in a cold-frame in the north. It is a sleepy head, 
not appearing until late in May. 
Ellen George Love. 
Garden Club of Buxton. 
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