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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FLOWERS. 
sown very tliinly from April to midsummer at intervals 
of three or four weeks, so as to keep up a succession 
during the year. Ordinary good garden soil will serve, 
but it should be finely prepared for the seeds. 
RHEUM [Rhubarb). — All Rhubarbs may be said 
to be ornamental and bold in outline, but a few kinds 
are more especially grown for the decoration of the 
flower garden and grounds. A rich well-drained 
soil and warm sunny spots will suit the following: — 
acuminatum, 3 feet high ; australe, 6 to 10 feet ; 
Emodi, 6 to 10 feet; nobile, 3 feet or more; officinale, 
8 to 10 feet; goalmatum, and its variety tanghuticum, 
5 feet ; and undulatum, 4 to 5 feet. In all cases the 
leaves are large, more or less roundish heart-shaped 
and palmately-lobed, giving a luxuriant and sub- 
tropical aspect to the garden. They are easily raised 
from seeds in a few days in gentle heat in spring, 
the young plants being ready for the open air the 
following season. Old plants may be divided in 
spring to increase the stock if necessary. 
RODGERSIA podophylla . — A very ornamental 
Japanese perennial with a thick rootstock and large 
lobed and cleft leaves with serrated segments. The 
yellowish-white Spirma-like blossoms are borne in 
large panicles in June and July. A moist peaty soil 
and a partially shaded situation are best for this 
plant. Propagation is best affected by careful 
division of the rootstock in spring. 
ROMNEYA Coulteri . — A charming bushy perennial, 
2 to 8 feet high, of the Poppy family, having deeply- 
divided glaucous-green leaves. The large sweet-scented 
white flowers, often 6 inches across, with a bunch of 
