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one, much less that only this poor phase of gardening should be the leading 
one in America. It is the simple fact that there is nothing among tender things 
equal to Windflowers — Anemones in many kinds, flowering in spring, summer 
and autumn ; Flame flowers (Tritoma), superb in autumn ; Columbines ; Hair- 
bell (Campanula) ; Delphinium — no blue or purple flowers equal to these when 
well grown — some being 8 feet, g feet and io feet high ; Day Lilies (Ilemero- 
callis), fragrant and showy ; Everlasting Peas, several handsome kinds ; Evening 
Primroses (CEnothera), many bold and showy kinds ; Pxonies, many both showy 
and delicate colors, and some fragrant; Phloxes, tall and dwarf, in many kinds ; 
Potentillas, double ; Pyrethrums, double and single ; Ranunculus, double and 
single, and the many fine species ; Rudbeckia, and all the noble autumn-blooming 
Compositse, of which Helenium autumnale grandiceps may be taken as the type ; 
the large blue Scabious and the smaller kinds ; the Larkspurs, charming in color; 
Spiroes, plumy white and rose colored ; the Globe flowers, fine in form and glow¬ 
ing in color ; Lilies, in superb variety, some attaining a height of over 8 feet in 
the open air ; Polyanthuses ; colored Primroses ; double Primroses ; Auriculas ; 
Wallflowers, double and single ; Meadow Saffrons, double and single, various ; 
Camassias, several fine hardy kinds ; Crocuses, many kinds, both of the spring 
and autumn; Scillas ; Gladioli; Snow Flakes; Grape Hyacinths; Narcissi in 
splendid variety, and quite happy in our coldest springs or heaviest rains ; Tulips, 
fine old florists' kinds, and seedlings from them for border culture ; Yucca, free- 
flowering kinds ; Alyssums ; Aubrietias ; Thrifts, in variety ; Carnations and 
Pinks, Dielytras,Veronicas, Cornflowers, Foxgloves, Rhodanthes, Lupines, Stocks, 
Asters ; the Great Scarlet and other Poppies, single and double. 
Blank in Spring and Summer.— The greatest loss suffered by those 
who adopt the bedding system is the complete exclusion of the spring and early 
summer flowers. These, with the exception of a very few, are thoroughly hardy 
and so beautiful that the garden may well be allowed 
to be a little tame later in the year in order to make 
room for them. I never was more struck with the 
utter folly of the bedding system, as usually carried 
out, than when passing through a road of some fifty 
first-class villas after a day’s ramble among the 
woods and lanes in the neighborhood of Sevenoaks, 
England, toward the end of March. The cottage 
gardens were all ablaze with Primroses of half a dozen 
colors, Violets, Pansies, Daffodils, Crown Imperials, 
blue Anemones, purple Aubrietia, and white Arabis, 
anil the woods and lanes were equally bright with 
Primroses, Violets, Cuckoo Flower, and Wood Anem¬ 
ones, as thick as they could find standing room in 
many places. The villa gardens, on the contrary, 
were a blank, and showed no more signs of spring 
than they did at Christmas. Now, Pansies raised 
from seeds or cuttings in May and planted so as to 
be just coming into bloom in November will bloom 
from the moment frost is over until the summer gets 
too hot for them, and will even, in mild winters, yield 
a nice little nosegay on Christmas morning. Then, 
beginning with the Snowdrop, there is a regular pro¬ 
cession of floral beauty of Primroses, Daffodils, and 
Narcissi, Violets, Anemones, Irises, Pyrethrums, 
Ranunculus, Fritillarias, Tulips, yielding flowers of 
every hue, until by the beginning of June we reach 
the flowering time of the Lilies, the summer-flowering 
Irises, the Campanulas, the Gladioli, the Columbines 
and Delphiniums. If we turn to autumn, what 
splendid things are the Japanese Anemones, the 
Phloxes, Senecio pulcher, and the Chrysanthemum, 
the last thriving so well in towns. The choice is, 
whether will you have your garden occupied during 
a third of the year by a few families of plants — not SINGLE hollyhocks in COTTAGE garden. 
