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flowers; quite showyf' growing five or six feet high 

 and forming large masses on the outskirts of woods or 

 along stone enclosures in fields. Useful in wild gar- 

 dening in scattered masses or sparingly in rockeries. E. 

 rosmarinifolium is another dwarf er and very attractive 

 species. 



Zauschneria Californica. A fine ornamental plant, very 

 bushy and branching, with ovate-lanceolate leaves. Flowers 

 two inches long, tubular, bright scarlet, produced singly or 

 in pairs from the axils of the upper leaves, in late summer 

 and autumn. Probably tender in the far North. A useful 

 plant for a moist place in a rockery. 



Evening Primrose, CEnothem. A number of very 

 showy plants of easy culture belong to this genus. Many 

 are inclined to run wild and become weeds in lawns and 

 cultivated fields, and had better be excluded from choice 

 gardens. Of the perennial species the following are the 

 the best: (E. Missouriemis, stems fleshy, prostate; leaves 

 crowded, broadly lanceolate, entire ; flowers very large, 

 axillary, pale sulphur-yellow. CE. eximia, leaves lanceolate, 

 pubescent; flowers axillary, four inches across, white; a 

 low and very handsome species. (E. Fraserii, leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, glaucous ; flowers axillary, bright yellow. 

 Grow best in sunny positions in light sandy, loam. Rock- 

 eries, borders, or bare hillsides. 



There are many annual forms with innumerable garden 

 varieties grown under the name of Godetia. The flowers 

 vary in color from white to rose and deep crimson. Some 

 of the best are: White pearl, dwarf, white; bijou, white 

 with crimson; Duchess of Albany, white, satiny; the- bride, 



