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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
be grown in any damp and partially shaded spot. 
The golden-leaved form aurea is attractive. L. cleth- 
roides is a fine Japanese species, 2 to 3 feet high, with 
large shining green leaves, and erect pyramidal spikes 
of white flowers from Jnly to September. It may be 
raised from seeds and increased by division in spring. 
L. punctata (or verticillata ) grows into a bushy plant 
about 1 foot high, with oblong lance-shaped leaves 
and yellow flowers in June and July. 
LYTHRUM Salicaria. — This is the common British 
Loosestrife, 2 to 5 feet high, with lance-shaped wdllow- 
like leaves and spikes of reddish-purple flowers in 
July. It flourishes in any garden soil, but is more 
natural near the edges of lakes, ponds, &c. Easily 
increased by seeds or division. 
MALCOLMIA maritima {Virginian Stock ). — A pretty 
annual, 6 to 12 inches high, with bluntly elliptic 
leaves and sweet-scented blossoms varying in colour 
from white and red to lilac, rose, &c. They appear 
from early summer. Easily raised from seeds. 
MATTHIOLA annua — The “Ten Week” Stocks 
of the florist have been developed from this South 
European annual, and are well-known by their oblong 
greyish looking leaves, and flowers having white, rose, 
purple, yellow, pink, scarlet, violet, and various other 
colours. There are several distinct groups of Ten 
Week Stocks now r in cultivation, such as the Dwarf, 
Large-flowered, Giant, Wallflower, Victoria and Pyra- 
midal, all of which are raised from seeds sown in 
spring, either in gentle heat about March, or in the 
open ground in April. The double flowered varieties 
are, of course, far superior to the single ones. 
