Brodiaea.-Pretty bulbous plants. B. grandijiora, 1 ft., has large bluish-purple flowers; B. coccmea, 2 to 3 ft, has tubular campanulate nodding flowers of a r1ch crimson with green tips. Sandy loam. Bulbocodzum.-Pretty spring-flowering crocus-like bulbs. B. vernum, 4 to 6 in. h1gh, purplish-lilac, blooms in March. Good arden soil

Buphthalmum -Robust composite herbs with striking foliage, for the back of herbaceous or shrubbery borders. B. cordzfolzum, 4 ft., has large cordate leaves, and heads of rich orange flowers in cymose panicles in July. Also called T elekza speczosa. Calandrmza -Showy dwarf plants for sunny rockwork, in light sandy soil. C. umbellata, 3 to 4 1n., much branched, with narrow hairy leaves, and corymbs of magenta-cnmson flowers in the suminer months

Calochortus.-Beautiful bulbous plants, called mariposa lilies, requiring warm sheltered spots in rich gritty and well-drained soil. There are several species known, the best being albus, elegans, luteus, Plummerae, splendens, Purdyz, venuslus and Weedz. Callha -Showy marsh plants, adapted for the margins of lakes, stream lets or artificial bogs. C. palustrzs jiore-pleno, 1 ft., has double brilliant yellow flowers in May.

Calystegza.-Twining plants with running perennial roots C pubescent jiore-pleno, 8 to 10 ft., has showy double-pink convolvuloid flowers in July; C. dahurzca is a handsome single-flowered summer blooming kind, with rosy-coloured flowers.

Camassza esculenta.-A beautiful bulbous plant 2 to 3 ft. high with large pale blue flowers. Also a white variety. Campanula.-Beautiful, as well as varied in habit and character. Thev are called bell-flowers. C. pulla, 6 in., purplish, nodding, on slender erect stalks; C. lurlnnata, 9 in., purple, broad-belled; C carpatzca, 1 ft., blue, broad-belled; C. nobzlzs, 1% ft., long-belled, whitish or tinted with chocolate; C. perswzfolw, 2 ft., a fine border plant, single or double, white or purple, blooming in July; and C. pyramzdalzs, 6 ft, blue or white, in tall branching spikes, are good and diverse. There are many other fine sorts. Centaurea -Bold-habited composites of showy character; common soil. C. babylomca, 5 to 7 ft., has winged stems, silvery leaves, and yellow flower-heads from June to September; C. monlana, 3 ft.. deep br1ght blue or white. .

Centranthus.-Showy free-flowering plants, for rockwork, banks, or stony soil. C. ruber, 2 ft., branches and blooms freely all summer, and varies with rosy, or crimson, or white flowers. It clothes the chalk cuttings on some English railways with a sheet of colour in the blooming season.

Chezranthus -Pretty rock plants, for light stony soils. C. alpinus, 6 in., grows in dense tufts, and bears sulphur-yellow flowers in May. C ochroleucus is similar 1n character.

Chumodoxa.-Charming dwarf hardy bulbous plants of the hliaceous order, blooming in the early spring in company with Sczlla szbzrzca, and of equally easy cultivation. C. Luczlzae, 6 in., has star shaped flowers of a brilliant blue with a white centre. C. gzgantea is the finest of the few known species. It blooms from February to pri .

Chrysanlhemum.-Apart from the florist's varieties of C. indicum there are a few fine natural species. One of the best for the flower border is C maxzmum and its varieties-all with beautiful white flowers having yellow centres. C. latzfolzum is also a fine species. Colchzcum -Showy autumn-blooming bulbs (corms), with crocuslnke flowers, all rosy-purple or white. C. speczosum, C. aulumnale, single and double, C. byzanlmum, and C. varzegalum are all worth growing.

Convallarza.-C. majalzs, the lily of the valley, a well-known sweet-scented favourite spring flower, growing free y in rich arden soil, its spikes, 6 to 9 in. high, of prett white fragrant bells, are produced in May and June. Requires sfiady places, and plenty of old manure each autumn.

Coreopszs -Effective composite plants, thriving in good garden soil. C. aurzculata, 2 to 3 ft., has yellow and brown flowers in July and August; C. lanceolala, 2 to 3 ft., bright yellow, in August; next to the biennial C. grandzjiora it is the best garden plant. Corydalfs.-Interesting and elegant plants, mostly tuberous, rowing in good garden soil. C. bracteata, 9 in., has sulphur-coloured gowers in April, and C. nobzlzs, 1 ft., rich yellow, 1n May, C. solzda, with purplish, and C. luberosa, with white flowers, are pretty spring flowering plants, 4 to 6 1n. high. C. lhalzctrzfolza, 1 ft., yellow, May to October.

Cyclamen.-Charming tuberous-rooted plants of dwarf habit, suitable for sheltered rockeries, and growing in light gritty soil. C europaeum, reddish-purple, flowers in summer, and C. hederaefolzum in autumn.

Cypnpedzum -Beautiful terrestrial orchids, requiring to be lanted in peat soil, in a cool and rather shady situation. C. spectagile, 1% to 2 ft., white and rose

as is C. Calceolus, 1 ft., yellow

interest and beauty.

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chmense, 2 ft., blue, and its double-D.

Barlowz, 3 ft., a brilliant double

blue-purple. D. nudzcaule, 2 ft., oran e-scarlet, very showy, is best treated as a biennial, its brilliant flgowers being produced freely in the second year from the seed.

Dzanlhus.-Chiefly rock plants with handsome and fragrant flowers, the smaller sorts growing in li ht sandy soil, and the larger border plants in rich garden earth. of the dwarfer sorts for rock gardens, D. alpmus, D. caeszus, D. dellozdes, D. dentosus, D. neglect us, D. pelraeus, and D. glacwlzs are good examples, while for borders or arger rockwork D. plumarzus, D. superbus, D. Fzscherz, D. cruenlus, and the clove section of D Caryophyllus are most desirable. Dzcentra.-Very elegant plants, of easy growth in good soil. D. speclalnlzs, 2 to 3 ft., has paeony-like folia e, and gracefully droo ing spikes of heart-shaped pink flowers, about May, but it shoul)d have a sheltered place, as it suffers from spring frosts and winds; D. formosa and D. exzmza, 1 ft, are also pretty rosy-flowered species.

Dzclamnus.-D. Fraxmella is a very characteristic and attractive plant, 2 to 3 ft., with bold pinnate leaves, and tall racemes of irregular-shaped purple or white flowers. It is everywhere glandular, and strongl scented.

Dzgzlalzs. LStately erect-growing plants, with long racemes of pouch-shaped drooping flowers. The native D. purpurea, or foxglove, 3 to 5 ft., with its dense racemes of purple flowers, spotted inside, is very showy, but is surpassed by the garden varieties that have been raised. It is really a biennial, but grows itself so freely as to become perennial in the garden. An erect flowered form IS called gloxmzozdes. The yellow-flowered D. lutea and D. grandzjiora are less showy. Good garden soil, and lrequent renewal from seeds. Doronzcum.-Showy composites of free growth in ordinary soil. D. caucaszcum and D auslrzacum, 1 to 1% ft., both yellow-flowered, bloom in spring and early summer. D. plantagmeum excelsum, 3 to 5 ft. hi h, IS the best garden plant. Draba -Good rockwork cruc1ferous plants. D alpma, D. azzoldes, D. czlzarzs, D. Azzoon, and D. cuspzdata bear yellow flowers in earl spring; D. cmerea and D. czlzala have white flowers. Gritty welff drained soil

Dracocephalum.-Handsome labiate plants, requiring a warm and well-drained soil. D. argunense, 1% ft., D. austrzacum, 1 ft., D. grandzflorum, I ft., and D. Ruyschzanum, 1% ft, with its var. japonicum, all produce showy blue flowers during the summer months.

Echmacea.-Stout growing showy composites for late summer and autumn flowering, requiring rich deep soil, and not to be often disturbed. E. an uslzfolza, 3 to 4 ft., light purplish-rose, and E. inlermeduz, 3 to 4 ti, reddish-purple, are desirable kinds. E. purpurea (often called Rudbeckia) is the showiest species. Height 3 to 4 ft., with rosy-purple flowers.

Eomecon chzonanlhus.-A lovely poppy wort about 1 ft. high, with pure white flowers 2 to 3 in. across. Root-stocks thick, creeping. Epzmedzum.-Pretty plants, growing about 1 ft. h1gh, with ele ant foliage, and curious flowers. E. macranlhum, white flowers, and E. rubrum, red, are distinctly spurred; E. pmnalum and E. Perralderzanum, yellow, less so. They bloom in spr1ng, and prefer a shady situation and a peaty soil.

Eranlhzs hyemalzs.-A charmin tuberous rooted plant, called winter aconite. Flowers bright ye§ ow, January to March, close to the ground.

Eremurus.-Noble plants with thick root stocks, lar e sword-like leaves, and spikes of flowers from 3 to 1o ft. high. They require warm sunny spots and rich gritty soil. The best kinds are robuslus, pink, 6 to 10 ft.; hzmalazcus, 4 to 8 ft., white; Azlchzsonz, 3 to 5 ft., red; Bungez, 2 to 3 ft., yellow; and aurantzacus, 2 to 3 ft., orange yellow. There are now several hybrid forms.

Erzgeron -Composite plants, variable in character. E. purpureus, 1% ft, with pink flower-heads, having narrow twisted ray-florets; E. Roylez, 1 ft., dark blue; and E. pulchellus, I ft., rich orange, flowering during the summer, are among the best kinds. Good ordinary garden soil.

Ermus-E. alpmus is a beautiful little alpine for rockwork, 3 to 6 1n., of tufted habit, with small-toothed leaves, and heads of pinkish-purple or, in a variety, white flowers, early in summer. Sandy well-drained soil.

Erodzum.-Handsome dwarf tufted plants. E. Manescavi, 1 to 1% ft., has large purplish-red flowers in summer; E. Rezchardz, a minute stemless plant, has small heart-shaped leaves in rosette-like tufts, and white flowers striped with pink, produced successively. Light soil.

Er ngzum.-Very remarkable plants of the umbelliferous ogder, mostlly of an attractive character. E. amethyst mum, 2 ft, has the upper part of the stem, the bracts, and heads of flowers all of an amethystine blue. Some of more recent introduction have the aspect of the pine-apple, such as E bromeliaefollum, E. pandanzfolzum, and E. eburneum Deep light soil.

Erythronzum.-E. dens-cams, the Dog's Tooth Violet, is a pretty dwarf bulbous plant with spotted leaves, and rosy or white flowers produced in spring, and having reflexed petals. Mixed peaty and loamy soil, deep and cool. Several charming American species are now in cultivation.

Euphorbia.-Plants whose beauty resides in the bracts or floral leaves which surround the inconspicuous flowers. E. aleppzca, 2 ft

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