LATE SHOWERS & EARLY FLOWERS 



botanists are now crossing so as to increase the choice of April 

 colour. They have already attained considerable success. I~I5 



Gypsophila Paniculata Flore Pleno is a double variety of the well- 

 known "Lace Plant" or "Gauze Flower," which is grown a 

 good deal for mixing with cut flowers. The double, like the 

 single, has white flowers, which do not fall after they have been 

 cut and dried. 

 Heloniopsis Breviscapa is an interesting little winter blooming 



plant, with white flowers. It only grows about 4 inches high. 

 Hepatica Angulosa Alba is a white form of an old favourite. 

 Incarvillea Delavayi made a considerable stir with its fine rosy red, 

 Gloxinia-like flowers, and fern-like leaves, when first introduced. 

 I. Grandiflora is a newer giant species from China, with rose 

 flowers. It likes a dry, warm position. Height, 2 feet. 

 Iris Sibirica Snow Queen is a lovely pure white variety of the 



Siberian Iris, and enjoys moist soil. Height, 3 feet. 

 Lathyrus Latifolius White Pearl is a very fine pure white form of 



the Everlasting Pea. 

 Lavender Munstead Dwarf is an early-blooming, fragrant variety 



that grows about half the height of the common type. 

 Lychnis Grandiflora is a Japanese species, with salmon flowers. 



Height, i\ feet. 

 Papaver Orientale Lady Roscoe is a splendid rose-pink variety of 



the Oriental Poppy, and Princess Ena, a nice orange salmon. 

 Phlox Divaricata or Canadensis. — There are two very fine varieties 

 — one a " Plumbago" blue, being called Perry's variety; and 

 the other, a deeper or violet blue, called Lapham's variety. 

 (Among many fine varieties of perennial Garden Phlox I may 

 name George A. Strohlein, an enormous orange-scarlet flower with a 

 deeper eye. Readers who do not know what to choose among the 

 older varieties might note that the following have been selected for 

 special notice by the Royal H-orticultural Society : 

 Coquelicot, orange-scarlet. 

 Esclaimonde, lilac, white centre. 

 Etna, glowing orange-red. 

 Eugene Danzanvilliers, lilac-blue, white centre. 

 Moliere, salmon, rose tint, cerise eye with white rii)g. 

 Tapis Blanc, dwarf white.) 

 Primrose Evelyn Arkwright is an immense variety, flowers pale 

 yellow and fragrant, but several times as large as those of the 

 common Primrose. 

 Primula Pulverulenta is a handsome species from China, the 

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