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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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species R. aconitifolius is also useful, but the flowers ai’e not o 
durable. 
Saxifraga. granglata flore-pleno. —This is worth a place 
in every border from its free-flowering habit, bearing on stems 
about three-quarters of a foot high large double white flowers 
in abundance. It likes a rich and rather damp soil, but flourishes 
in an ordinary border. 
Aqgilegia glandglosa. —At its season this is one of the 
very finest perennials, growing freely in a well-drained soil, not 
appearing to like damp, evidently prefering a lightish sod, and well 
drained. The flowers are bright deep blue with a white corolla, 
and very conspicuous, especially in the mass, attaining to a 
height of 12 to 15 inches. 
Gegm coccinegm pgengm (fig. 5).—The bright scarlet semi- 
double flowers of this are very effective and useful for cutting. 
It is best treated as a biennial, seedlings being more floriferous 
and free-growing than plants from cuttings. It grows to 3 feet 
high, and ought to have place in every garden. 
Phlox setacea grandiflora. —Being of neat dwarf habit 
this forms an admirable front-row plant, the flowers being large. 
mauve in colour, and very freely produced. All the setacea vars 
are very fine, particularly Vivid, fiery rose, carmine centre, very 
bright; Bride, white, red centre, very effective, dwarf and flori¬ 
ferous ; Perfection, white, purple centre, one of the best ; and 
Model, rosy carmine, very fine. They are all good for massing, 
and for front clumps in the herbaceous border. 
Trilligm grandiflorgm. — When several are planted to¬ 
gether a group of this is very pleasing, the flowers being large 
and white. The plant thrives best in a moist rather shady 
border, in light rich soil surfaced with leaf soil. T. erythro- 
earpum, white with crimson spots at the base of the petals, is 
very pretty, requiring moisture, shade, and a vegetable soil. 
Trolligses. —These, with their branching stems supporting 
numerous large globular flowers, in colour vai-ying from pale 
yellow to orange, are very effective in early June, and do well on 
a north border in rich soil and moist. The best with us are 
T. europaeus, T. napellifolius, T. caucasicus, very bright yellow ; 
T. Fortune! flore-pleno, orange; T. Loddigesi, late, bright yellow ; 
T. japonicus 11.-pi., asiaticus, and T. americanus are good. For a 
north border they are excellent, and will grow fine in the open 
fertile borders. 
Lychnis viscarta splendens plena. —At the early part 
of June this was the finest plant in the borders. The flowers are 
a beautiful deep rose borne on erect stems, on which they are 
arranged to a length of several inches, and as several stems rise 
from the tufted crown the effect is very pleasing. The flowers, 
being double, are very durable and fine for cutting. Any free 
soil suits it in an open situation. 
Iris ortentalis. —In established masses this affords a quan¬ 
tity of flowers of a highly decorative character, and extremely 
useful for cutting. All it needs is to be planted and left alone 
until it forms masses that from their size necessitate division, 
for which autumn is the best time. We have at least three 
forms of I. orientalis—a deep velvety blue both in standards and 
falls; pale purple or blue in standards and falls ; and a reddish 
purple, the base of all being much reticulated; the two latter 
less free in flower than the first, but the flowers are larger. 
They are certainly only forms of I. sibirica, and are not equal to 
I. orientalis in colour or for decorative value either on the plant 
or cut. They grow to a height of 3 feet. 
Iris siberica. —With the grassy foliage and abundance of 
flowers of various shades of blue, with the base of the fails reti¬ 
culated white, these are very effective. The plants grow any¬ 
where in good soil in an open situation and free from stagnant 
water. They should be grown in quantity, as the flowers borne 
on the long stems are extremely useful for cutting. They grow 
3 feet high. J. prismatica is similar to I. orientalis, only the 
standards and falls are of a rich bright blue with orange spots at 
the base, and very beautiful. It does not grow more than 2 feet 
in height. Of similar height is I. versicolor, or rather less, its 
reddisti lilac standards and rosy purple falls spotted white being 
very handsome. 1. versicolor purpurea is of a deep purple, and 
grows to a height of to 2 feet. 
POLEMONIGM Richarpsoni. —This is good from the early 
part of June over several weeks, the flowers being sky blue, 
borne in loose heads, and with the yellow anthers are very telling. 
The plant is very compact in habit, forming a rounded pyramid 
about 2 feet high covered with flowers. It is very fine indeed, 
and ought to be grown by everyone, as it will grow in any soil 
except a very wet one, and it needs an open situation. 
Campanula glomerata dahgrica.— Th's is one of the 
most useful either in the border or for cutting, its large terminal 
heads of bloom being very effective, of a deep purple, the flower 
stems very fi’eely produced, and it will do in almost any soil and 
situation, preferably a lightish soil and open situation. 
SiLENE ALPESTRis. —This is a mass of glossy white flowers, 
borne in panicles about 6 inches high, and is an admirable front- 
row plant, doing well in loam well drained and an open situation. 
Aqgilegia GRANDIFLORA. —This attains to a height of about 
18 inches ; the flowers large, white ; the stems erect, as also are 
the flowers, the foliage being much-divided and handsome. It 
succeeds in any loamy soil in an open situation free from stag¬ 
nant water. A. coprulea differs only from the above in having 
blue sepals, the petals being white, and is very handsome. 
Anthericgm Liliago. —This forms tufts of grassy foliage, 
and has numerous spikes, 2 feet or more in height, of white 
flowers. L. Liliago major has flowers very much larger, and is 
stronger in other respects. A. Liliastrum has long grass-like 
foliage, and spikes of large white flowers about 2 inches in length 
and fragrant. It is a really good plant when established. A. 
Liliastrum major is a much larger form of the preceding, and 
attains to a height of 3 feet, the spike of flowers 15 to 18 inches 
long and very fine. The Anthericums require a well-drained 
oil. 
Geranium ibericgm. —This forms a fine bush about 2 feet 
hio-h covered with flowers of a large size of a telling bluish 
piu’ple, and is one of the very best perennials, flowering in June. 
G. Endressii has bright rose flowers and is very effective, attain¬ 
ing to 18 inches in height and is very pleasing. The Geraniums 
like a free open soil well drained, and sunny situation. 
Armeria plantaginea rubra. —With its large heads of 
bright deep rose this plant is very effective, and does well in any 
light soil and sunny position. 
Onosma tagrica forms compact tufts of linear foliage, and 
has cymes of tubular flowers of a bright yellow, attaining to a 
height of about 9 inches, and is a very pleasing front row plant, 
but must have a well-drained soil. 
Valeriana officinalis when seen in large clumps is very 
effective, it continues flowering for a long time, and is a common 
plant of great beauty. The flowers are bright deep rose or red, 
and the plant in good soil will grow 3 feet high. 
Erodigm Manescavi.— This forms tufts of handsome foliage 
