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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
and P. virginiana, about 4 feet high with pinkisli- 
purple flowers from July to September. There is a 
white flowered form {album). 
ECHINOPS {Globe Thistle). — Distinct and showy 
thistle-like perennials suitable for any garden soil, 
and easily increased by division of the rootstocks in 
spring, or from cuttings of the roots inserted in a 
gentle hot-bed in spring or autumn. E. Ritro, which 
grows 3 to 5 feet high, and has divided spiny leaves 
and globular heads of steely-blue flowers, is probably 
the best known species. There are, however, other 
blue-flowered kinds almost equally attractive, such as 
bannaticus, ruthenicus, and sphserocephalus, the latter 
having a whitish flowered variety called albiclus. 
EOMECON chionantha {Cyclamen Poppy).— This 
handsome Chinese perennial has tliickish creeping 
roots and pale-green roundish leaves. The pure white 
flowers, with a cluster of deep orange stamens in the 
centre, are borne on stalks about a foot high from 
May to September. Being rather tender, this gem 
should be grown in warm sunny positions. It likes a 
well-drained sandy loam and peat, and during severe 
winter should be protected with a hand-light. In- 
creased by division of the roots in spring. 
EPILOBIUM ( Willow Herb). — There are about 50 
species of Willow Herb, most of them rank weeds. 
Even the best kinds are only fit for rough places or 
near the margins of ponds, lakes, &c. They are 
recognised by their slender stems, willow-like leaves, 
and usually rosy or purple blossoms, composed of four 
petals. The best species are perhaps angustifolium, 
3 to G feet high, crimson, with a white variety; and 
