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HARDY PERENNIALS 
all grow well in soils of an open, porous nature with 
abundant moisture. The Chalk Hill Giant Mimulus 
is a remarkable strain producing huge blossoms 
equalling Gloxinias in size, and superbly spotted 
and blotched with 
crimson on a yellow 
ground. It is a good 
plan to cover the 
creeping stems with 
coarse sand at the 
beginning of Winter, 
and transplanting 
should be done only 
in Spring. 
Monarda. — The 
Bergamot is an old- 
fashioned favourite, 
its heads of bright- 
hued flowers and its 
fragrant foliage mak- 
ing it distinct from 
anything else in the 
garden. 
There are scarlet, 
crimson, pink, pur- 
ple, and white kinds of Monarda, all of which are 
excellent bog plants, but will thrive in any but 
very dry soils and situations. The root clumps break 
up with ease, but care must be taken when transplant- 
ing not to bury the growth points below the surface. 
A Typical Flower of the " Chalk 
Hill Giant " Mimulus (much reduced). 
