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The driest soil, in the sliacle of a fence, seems to be the 

 most favorable situation for them. If the ground is in- 

 clining to moisture, there is but little chance for them. 

 So fine a plant as this Gilia well deserves a place in the 

 garden. I should recommend, for experiment, to sow the 

 seed in August, as, perhaps, the small plants would en- 

 dure the winter better than large ones. 



The plant grows from four to five feet high. The foliage is 

 superb, similar to that of the Cypress Vine, with numerous 

 scarlet-spotted flowers, that continue in bloom a num- 

 ber of months. 



The plants may be potted and kept in the house, or 

 green-house, through the winter, and then planted out in 

 the open border. 



G. tricolor, — Three-colored Gilia.— This pretty annual, 

 originally from California, has found its way into most 

 of our gardens. Scarcely anything can be prettier than 

 this plant, when thickly filling a bed a few feet in length, 

 and breadth. It is quite hardy, and grows about one foot 

 high, with an erect stem and foliage much resembling the 

 well-known G. capitata ; but the flowers are much longer, 

 and instead of being collected into globose heads, are 

 widely spread at the head of long j^eduncles, which, being 

 numerous, form a large and rather dense panicle, and thus 

 show oflf to great advantage. The flowers have a yellow 

 eye, surrounded by a purple ring, bordered by pale-blue 

 or white. " From its humble stature and neat growth, it 

 is peculiarly suited for culture in masses, a style of plant- 

 ing showy flowers, which produces a striking eflfect, when 

 it can be pursued on a tolerably extensive scale." 



G. tenuiflora* — Slender-flowered. — A hardy annual from 

 California. The flowers are produced upon slender, branch- 

 ing stems, which rise about two feet high; each flower is 

 about a quarter of an inch across, of a pale rose color, 

 slightly streaked with red on the outside, and of a fine 



