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like other plants of this class, so as to flower the follow- 

 ing year. It seems to be hardy, having stood in the open 

 ground, with a little protection, through the winter ; it 

 may also be cultivated as an annual, for, if sown in 

 April, it will begin to flower in July. 



The Gaura Lindheimeri^ will probably soon become 

 very common in our gardens ; it can be grown in beauti- 

 ful masses ; its flowers are very fine for bouquets, and, 

 above all, it commends itself to us for its long continued 

 flowering:. 



GAZANIA. 



[Supposed to have been so called from a Greek word signifying riches, in al- 

 lusion to the splendor of the flowers.] 



Gazania spl^ndens. — A native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. A very beautiful summer and autumn-flowering 

 evergreen bedding plant of a neat, dwarf, shrubby, trail- 

 ing, yet compact habit, with oblong-spathulate leaves, 

 deep glossy green on the upper side, and almost pure 

 white on the lower side, with a rich green mid-rib running 

 the whole length of the leaf; and numerous large, golden 

 yellow, Aster-like flowers, three to four inches in diame- 

 ter, picturesquely marked at the base of each petal with 

 converging cloud-like spots of a rich, dark-brown, choco- 

 late tint upon a black base, and these are again marked 

 with white si)ots upon their disk or surface. 



The union of these rich colors produces a highly orna- 

 mental eflfect ; the blossoms, when fully expanded, are so 

 brilliant, that tlic most accurate description fails to con- 

 vey an adequate impression of their beauty. It is well 

 adapted for large groups or medium sized beds, or for 

 pot culture in vases, as portable specimens in flower- 

 garden decoration, thriving in all ordinary rich garden 



