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and white, 2 feet; Meconopsis nepalensis , sulphur, 4 feet; M. Wallichii , blue 
4 feet; Michauxia campanuloides , white, 3 feet; (Enothera biennis (Evening 
Primrose), yellow, 3 feet; Sweet Rocket , purple, white, 18 inches; * Sweet 
William , various, 18 inches; Wallflower, 9 to 18 inches. 
Culture. —Sow the seeds of the centaureas, chamaepeuce, meconopsis, and 
michauxia in sandy soil, in a temperature of 55 degrees to 65 degrees, in 
February or March, and plant out in June; the others in a sunny border 
out doors in May or June, transplanting into their permanent positions in 
September or October. 
PERENNIALS. 
Twenty-five for Sunny Border. — Achillea ptarmica fl. pi. (Double 
Sneeze-wort), white, 18 inches ; Aconitum japonicum (Japanese Monk’s-hood), 
blue, 4 feet; A. napellus bicolor (Two-coloured Common Monk’s- 
hood) ; Anthericum liliastrum (St. Bruno’s Lily), white, 18 inches ; Aquilegia 
Chrysantha (Golden-flowered Columbine), golden, 18 inches; Armenia 
cephalotes rubra (Red Sand-wort), crimson, 3 inches; Asphodelus ramosus 
(Branching Asphodel), white, 24 inches; Aster amellus bassarabicus (Dwarf 
Amellus Star-wort), purple, 3 feet; Aster ericoides (Heath-leaved Star-wort), 
white, 3 feet; Campanula dahurica (Dahurian Hare-bell), purple, 18 inches ; 
Centaurea montana (Mountain Centaury), blue, 18 inches ; Coreopsis lanceo- 
lata (Lance-leaved Tick-seed), yellow, 3 feet; C. grandiflora (Large- 
flowered Tick-seed), yellow, 3 feet; Delphinium formosum (Showy Larkspur), 
blue, 4 feet; Galega officinalis alba (Common Goat's Rue), white, 4 feet; 
Geum coccineum plenum (Double Scarlet Avens), scarlet; Harpaliun rigidum , 
(Rough-leaved Sunflower), yellow, 4 feet; Helianthus multidorus plenus 
(Double Perennial Sunflower), yellow, 4 feet; Hemerocallis Hava (Yellow Day 
Lily), yellow, 2 feet; Lupinus polyphyllus (Tall perennial Lupine), blue, 3 
feet; Lychnis viscaria splendens (Large German Catchfly), rose, 1 foot; 
Pap aver orientale (Oriental Poppy), crimson, 3 feet; Pyrethrum hybridum 
(Florists’ Pyrethrum), various, 2 feet; Rudbeckia Newmanni (Newman’s Cone- 
flower), orange, 2 feet; Sidalcea Candida , white, 2 feet. 
Twenty-five for a Shady Border. — Anemone iapo?iica (Japanese Wind¬ 
flower) white, rose, 2 feet; Anemone Sylvestris (Snowdrop Anemone), white, 
1 foot; Aster Icevis (Smooth Star-wort), blue, 2 feet; Campanula carpatica 
Carpathian Hare-bell), blue, white, 15 inches; Cardamine pratensis fl. pi. 
