ROSE TIME 



Sylvatica is the Wood Forget-me-not ; there is a white June 

 variety of it. All the Forget-me-nots may be raised in ^~^S 

 quantity from seed in summer, and planted out in 

 autumn for flowering in the following spring, 



T/ie Cat Mint (Nepeta Mussini) has its admirers. 

 The flowers are lavender coloured. 



The Nierembergias are graceful. They are shrubby 

 plants growing about a foot high. Gracilis, with white 

 flowers in summer, is the best known. 



The Evening Primroses (Oenothera) ought to be well 

 represented in gardens, as they are free-blooming and 

 showy plants, whose beauty is not confined to eventide, 

 as the popular name might suggest. Acaulis or Taraxa- 

 cifolia, a dwarf species with white flowers, and its 

 yellow variety Lutea, are excellent. Biennis, the ordinary 

 Evening Primrose, is a larger and looser plant with pale 

 yellow flowers. There is a fine variety of this often 

 grown under the name of Lamarckiana. Caespitosa is 

 a beautiful night-blooming species, with immense large, 

 pure white, fragrant flowers ; it is one of the finest of 

 all. Drummondi Nana Alba is another valuable white 

 sort. Fruticosa Major, yellow, is of medium height 

 (about eighteen inches), and is one of the most free- 

 blooming of all ; the flowers are yellow. Missouriensis, 

 or Macrocarpa, is a yellow-flowered trailer, one of the 

 largest. 



The Ononis, or Rest Harrow, is a pretty plant. 

 Rotundifolia has rosy flowers in late spring, and grows 

 about two feet high. 



The Golden Drop (Onosma Echioides or Tauricum) is 

 a charming yellow flower for border or rockery, and 

 becomes an immense favourite with all who grow it. 



The Asiatic Bellflower (Ostrowskia Magnifica) is less 

 familiar than the preceding, but it is a splendid plant, 

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