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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
The Sweet Sultan {G. moschata ), a Persian annual, 
may be sown under glass and in the open air at intervals 
up to the end of May, to secure a succession of the 
musk- scented blossoms which are violet purple in the 
type, although there is also a white flowered variety. 
The yellow flowered C. suaveolens, and the reddish 
or lilac flowered G. americana, both annuals, may be 
raised in the same way as the Sweet Sultan. The 
white-leaved G. candidissima (or C. Cineraria) , a half- 
hardy perennial much used for bedding out and 
edgings, may be raised from seeds in spring in a green- 
house ; or plants for the following year may be secured 
by inserting cuttings in sandy soil about August or 
September. 
Amongst the best hardy herbaceous perennials 
may be mentioned dealbata, 2 feet high, mauve-purple ; 
eriophora, 1 foot, yellow ; macrocephala, 3 to 5 feet, 
with large yellow flower-heads ; montana, 3 feet, 
bright blue, with white, rose, and purple forms ; and 
C. ragusina, 2 feet, with silvery leaves and yellow 
flowers. Being only half-hardy it must be raised in 
the same way as recommended for C. candidissima. 
CENTRANTHUS ruber {Bed Valerian ; Pretty 
Betsy). — This is a fine old border or rock garden 
plant, 2 to 3 feet high, with ovate lance-shaped 
leaves, and dense clusters of crimson-purple flowers 
(or white in the variety alba), from June to September. 
It flourishes in ordinary garden soil and is readily 
increased from seeds, or division in spring. Another 
species, G. macrosiphon, grows about the same height, 
and has broadly oval, coarsely-toothed leaves. The 
flowers appear from July onwards and are of a 
