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work on beds or rockeries, and nothing seems to kill 
it. Saxifrages in great numbers are suitable, beginning 
with the well-known mossy green hypnoides, to the 
giant known as Mega si a cordifolia , also sedums, semper- 
viviums, aubrietias, phloxes, tiarella, dianthus in variety; 
and several other Alpines have succeeded in different 
parks and gardens, such as Androsace sarmentosa, Dryas 
octopetala , yellow fumitory, Cotoneaster frigida , the small 
ivy Hedera conglomerata , Achillea tormentosa , Lychnis 
Haageana , Linn^ea borealis , Azalea procumbens , Campanula 
garganica , only to mention some that have been noticed ; 
even edelweiss has been successfully grown in the centre 
of London. 
A few annuals will make a good show, and nothing 
is better in a window-box or really dingy corner than 
Virginian stock ; but, as a rule, it repays trouble best 
to rear perennials. Seedling wallflowers, sweet Williams 
and Canterbury bells, and such like, make a border 
bright. The great secret of success in growing annuals 
is to thin them out well; the patches of seedlings are 
too often left far too much overcrowded. This 
“thinning” is even more important than good soil and 
careful watering. Marigolds thrive best of all, and 
will often seed themselves, but a few other annuals 
can be safely recommended. 
Candytuft. Ionopsidium acaule (violet cress). 
Catchfly (Silene pendula and Larkspur (annual). 
armeria). Love-in-a-mist (Nigella). 
Erysinum perofskianum (a kind of Nasturtiums. 
Treacle mustard). Phlox drummondi. 
Eschscholzia. Snapdragon (Antirrhinum). 
Flax (scarlet). Toadflax (Linaria). 
Godetias. 
