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A'rabis — contimted. 



least one species of this family, and great acquisi- 

 tions they are too. These, however, are usually 

 perennials, but the following species are annuals. 

 Like the perennial varieties they are useful for 

 rock-work or for planting in crevices of old walls, 

 or even in clumps on the margins of borders, 

 where they will flower practically the whole 

 summer till the end of September. 

 A. areno'sa, a native of Southern Europe, has 



dainty little purplish-rose flowers, 9 ins. high. 



1866. 

 A. ve'rna, also from the same locality, is furnished 



with purple bloom a few inches taller than 



the above. 1710. 

 Sow the seeds h in. deep outdoors in March or 

 April. 



Arcto'tis (from Gr. arktos, a bear, and ous, an ear). 

 Nat. Ord. Compositw. 



This family is not as well known as it deserves 

 to be. The species are all beautiful, and most of 

 them are endowed by nature with brilliant colour- 

 ing, the flowers, similar in shape to a Marguerite, 

 2J to 3 ins. across. As the name denotes, the 

 foliage is usually woolly or tomentose, deeply cut, 

 somewhat fleshy, and of a greyish green, but there 

 are a few exceptions to the rule. All the species 

 are native of the Cape of Good Hope or S.W. 

 Africa, and consequently revel in sunshine. But 

 this, fortunately, does not make them difficult to 



