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This is one of the most beautiful hardyperennials known. It has large, deep-green foliage, with erect and much-branched flower-stems. The flowers are white, internally flushed rose; are very fragrant,...
Showy plants. The tender species arewell adapted for the stove or conservatory, and are best grown in loam and peat: cuttings strike freely in sand under a glass. The half-hardy annual kinds should be...
A stove evergreen shrub, which may be grown in any light,vegetable mould or in peat and loam, and is easily increased by suckers. It flowers in spring. Height, 3 ft.
Very pretty and long-flowering. They all like a light,rich, and sandy soil. Cuttings of the stove kinds root freely under glass. Hardy perennials may be divided at the roots. The annuals may be sown e...
Sow in drills--the plants to stand 6in. apart--from March till August, in well-drained sandy loam. Autumn sowings will stand the winter and prove useful in early spring. It must be gathered young.
This hardyperennial thrives in a moist, shady situation. It produces its purple flowers from May to August, and is easily propagated by seeds or division. Height, 1-1/2 ft.