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of a choice opal being transferred to the gossamer petals 
of a dainty forget-me-not of about double the ordinary 
size, the flowers gracefully poised on slender stems clothed 
with foliage that is glaucous, or powdered grey, rather 
than green. Thus may one conjure up a fair vision of 
what Omphalodes lucilie is like, and another way of 
describing it would be to say that it is one of the sweetest, 
daintiest, and prettiest little flowers that grow. Such a 

OMPHALODES LUCILIZ SURROUNDED BY A FENCE OF PERFORATED 
ZINC TO WARD OFF SLUGS. 
plant is worth taking some pains to grow, and it must 
be admitted that it does want some care and attention. 
The chief difficulty is to prevent slugs devouring the 
soft, succulent growths, for which they evince a vexing 
partiality. My safeguard is to encircle each plant with 
a band of perforated zinc about an inch in depth. A 
friend who gave me this hint some years ago insisted that 
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