Very showy perennials, the purplish or white flowers of which present somewhat of the appearance of a stock -Hower, quite distinct both in habit ami bloom, and very rarely seen in our gardens ; they will be found to thrive well and look well in peat soil beneath rhododendrons, and towards the margins of clumps of American shrubs.

A. South European Bindweed creeping up the stems of an Iris in an English garden.