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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
in that direction, a garden may be said to be well 
situated for flower growing. Plants liking shaded or 
partially shaded places, will nearly always do well on 
a north border. Here they receive a good deal of 
diffused daylight, and yet are protected from the 
scorching rays of the mid-day sun. The following 
will be found useful for such positions : — 
Acanthus, vars. 
Achillea Ptarmica fl. pi. 
Aconitum, vars. 
Actsea, vars. 
A nemone, vars. 
Aquilegia vulgaris 
A rnebia 
Asclepias 
Asperula odorata 
Asphodelus 
Aster, vars. 
Astilbe, vars. 
Astrantia, vars. 
Auriculas 
Baptisia, vars. 
Betonica grandiflora 
Buphthalmum 
Calystegia, vars. 
Centaurea montana 
Convallaria majalis 
Coreopsis lanceolata 
Corydalis 
Cyclamen, vars. 
Delphinium, vars. 
Dicentra spectabilis 
Digitalis, vars. 
Dracocephalum 
Echinops, vars. 
Epimedium, vars. 
Eranthis hyemalis 
Eryngium alpinum 
Funkia, vars. 
Gentiana 
Gillenia trifoliata 
Helleborus, vars. 
Ilemerocallis, vars. 
Heuchera, vars. 
Humulus Lupulus 
Inula Helenium 
Iris, vars. 
Liatris spicata 
Lobelia 
Lupinus polyphyllus 
Lychnis 
Lysimachia, vars. 
Lythrum, vars. 
Meconopsis 
Mcrtensia, vars. 
Monarda, vars. 
Morina 
Myosotis, vars. 
(Enothera, vars. 
Onopordon Acanthium 
Paeonia, vars. 
Phvsostegia, vars 
Podophyllum 
Polemonium 
Polyanthus 
Polygonatum 
multiflorum 
Polygonum cuspidatum 
Primula, vars. 
Rodgersia 
Sanguinaria canadensis 
Saponaria officinalis 
Saxifraga cordifolia 
crassifolia 
umbrosa 
Scdum spectabile 
Spigelia marilandica 
Spiraea, vars. 
Stachys grandiflora 
Thalictrum, vars. 
Tradescantia virginica 
Trillium grandiflorum 
Tropajolum spcciosum 
Uvularia grandiflora 
Valeriana 
Vancouveria 
Veratrum, vars. 
Viola, vars. 
Preparation of the Ground for Hardy Flowers. — 
Before planting a flower garden it is essential to see 
that the soil is in as good a state of tilth as possible. 
Many make the grave mistake of just digging a hole 
here and there, and sticking a plant into it anyhow 
without giving the slightest thought to the plant’s 
