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• Babianas
Charming, sweet-scented flowers, suitable for either pot cultivation or the border

• Bahia Lanata
Hardy herbaceous plant of easy culture from seed sown in spring or autumn in any garden soil

• Carnations
These are divided into three classes, but they are all said originally to come from the clove

• Coreopsis Sterntaler - Perennial

• Delphinium (Larkspur)
The gorgeous spikes of flowers produced by these plants render them invaluable for the border

• Fragaria Indica (Ornamental Strawberry)
Like the name says, Ornamental Strawberry

• Freesia
Remarkably pretty and graceful Cape flowers, possessing a most agreeable perfume

• Gardenias
Wonderful house plant, pleasantly scented.

• Geranium Argentium (Silvery Crane's-Bill)
This hardy perennial alpine is very effective on rock-work, especially in front of dark stones

• Geraniums
An old American stand-by

• Gladiolus
The flowers are invaluable for vase decoration

• Gloxinias
A very ornamental family of tuberous-rooted hothouse plants. They are of two classes, the drooping and the erect.

• Helianthus (Sunflowers)
Well-grown flowers have measured 16 in. in diameter. The miniature kinds make fine vase ornaments.

• Heliopsis
This hardy perennial is useful for cutting purposes, the flowers being borne on long stalks

• Hollyhock
Up to 6 feet tall, hollyhock are a gardeners favorite

• Honeysuckles
These rapid twiners thrive in any loamy soil, and may be increased by putting down layers in the autumn

• Lily of the Valley
Wonderfully scented small white flowering perennial

• Rhododendrons
The best position for them is a sheltered one where they can get a moderate amount of sunshine to develop the flower-buds

• Rudbeckia (Cone Flower)
Hardy annuals yielding yellow flowers in July

• Saintpaulia Ionantha
The leaves of this plant spread themselves laterally just over the soil, forming a rosette

• Salvia
Very showy flowers, well worth cultivating, and easily grown in a rich, light soil

• Spiraeas
Placed in the open ground these make splendid plants, and are not particular as to soil, though a moist, rich one is preferable

• The Ancient Crinum Lily Inhabiting The Island Of St. Simon, And Sea Island, Georgia
William Bartram, a notable, early American botanist, extensively explored the Island of St. Simons in Georgia