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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
from May to July. There is also a striped-leaved form 
which looks very handsome. After the flowers have 
faded and the seed pods ripened, the Grladwin again 
becomes ornamental when the capsules open in autumn 
and display the bright scarlet seeds within. 
KNIPHQFIA ( Torch Lily). — These bold members of 
the Lily family are easily recognised by their long 
flattish leaves and stout erect spikes of scarlet and 
yellow blossoms, which tower well above the foliage, 
and are densely arranged. The orange-scarlet kinds 
like K. aloides and its numerous forms, K. Burclielli, 
K. caulescens , K. corallina, K. Leichtlini, K. Macowani, 
pumila, and llooperi, produce a flame of colour late in the 
season. They like a rich garden soil, and are best 
increased by division in early spring. Being natives of 
South Africa, they like warm sunny spots, and except 
in severe winters rarely require protection. The kinds 
mentioned grow 2 to 6 feet high, and some of them 
have given rise to many fine hybrid forms, with 
varying shades of orange, scarlet, and yellow. The 
yellow flowered kinds like comosa, foliosa, distachya (a 
form of Leichtlini), citrina, and Northiae, may be grown 
in the same way as the others, but as a rule they are 
more tender, and consequently require more shelter 
from cold winds, rains, and severe frosts. 
LATHYRUS odoratus ( Sweet Pea). — The Sweet 
Pea is now so popular that it has a special society to 
itself. Each year sees new and improved forms, 
and now one may secure almost every shade of 
colour — red, white, blue, yellow, purple, mauve, 
lavender, violet, salmon, apricot, heliotrope, crimson, 
and intermediate shades. Not only are there “ self” 
