annuals in cultivation. Its large violet-coloured flower- 

 heads, varying in the depth of colour according to their age, 

 the youngest being palest, have no rival among annuals of 

 the same dwarf habit ; and it is not too much to say the 

 Large Swan Daisy deserves to be placed in the same class 

 as Nemophlla insignis and Collinsia grandiflora. 



For the introduction of the species we are indebted to 

 Mrs. Wray of Cheltenham ; and the accompanying figure has 

 been made from a clever sketch by Miss Wray. 



It flowers freely in the open border, but is impatient of 

 wet ; at the latter end of the season it may however be lifted 

 and transferred to the greenhouse, where it will go on bloom- 

 ing beautifully. It is however to be observed that there are 

 many varieties, differing much in colour and size, and more 

 particularly a lilac and a white sort. Mrs. Wray informs us 

 that she has had numbers of plants of " every shade of blue 

 and lustrous lilac, with considerable diversity in the size and 

 shape of the flower-heads." 



We understand that Mr. Lowe, of Clapton, has also 

 raised the Large Swan Daisy, 



