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HERBACEOUS GARDEN 
picked oft ; 6 inches. Trimestis; Empress; Masterpiece. 
Bedding varieties in all colours. 
Polyanthus Primrose (Bunch Primrose). — White, yellow, 
orange, and reds. Sow April, open ground ; transplant to 
shady borders, or full sun where soil is rich. Flowers in 
spring ; 9 inches high. 
Sweet Rocket ( Hesperis ). — Purple, white. Sow May, open 
ground — any soil or aspect ; 3 feet ; flowers May. 
Salvia Sclarea. — Pale blue and white tubular flowers an 
inch-long, large rosy bracts. Sow May, open ground ; 
transplant autumn or spring; 5 or 6 feet high. (True 
seed very difficult to obtain.) Whole effect mauve. Lasts 
June to September, rich soil, any aspect. 
Sweet-william (Dianthus barbatus).— Sow April, open 
ground, and transplant; all colours. Flowers June; 18 
inches. 
Verbascum {Mullein) olympicum.—Y ellow ; sow April, open 
ground and transplant ; flowers July ; 6 feet. Phlomoides, 
bright yellow ; sow April, open ground, and transplant, 
flowers July ; 5 feet. 
Wallflowers. — Sow in June in open ground, transplant 
once if not twice, plant out in October ; flowers in 
spring; 9 to 18 inches. Eastern Queen, chamois and 
pink ; Golden Queen, or Cloth of Gold, yellow ; Blood 
Red, or Ellen Wilmot, ruby ; Primrose Dame, or Faerie 
Queen, primrose ; Purple Queen ; White Dame, cream ; 
Harbinger, brown. 
The List of Annuals at end of book is a very 
long one, but it will enable different kinds 
to be grown each year. 
