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four or five species that are very useful in the rock garden. 

 Excepting O. Luciliae, which does not flourish everywhere, 

 they are all easy to manage, and will grow freely in 

 sheltered borders. O. cornifolia, also known as O 

 cappadocica, is a pretty dwarf-growing kind from Asia 

 Minor, with narrow ovate leaves. The flowers are of a 

 lovely blue colour with white eye, and are produced very 

 freely in summer. It is quite hardy and may be raised 

 from seeds, or increased by dividing the plant in autumn 

 or spring. 0. Luciliae is a beautiful plant, from Greece and 

 Asia Minor, that is quite hardy ; it has blue-grey foliage, 

 and large, pretty lilac-blue flowers in June It likes a 

 gritty or gravelly loam, with a half-shady aspect, facing 

 east or west. Seed sown in early autumn will produce 

 flowering plants within the year, but all the seedlings 

 do not possess the same pleasing, glaucous tinted foliage. 

 Cuttings strike freely in early summer if potted in sandy 

 soil and put under a bell glass in the shade. The greatest 

 enemy of this plant is the slug, which is very fond of 

 it. O. nitida is a graceful plant from Portugal that is 

 not quite hardy. It must be kept in a frame during the 

 winter ; it bears blue flowers in May. O. verna, the 

 Creeping Forget-me-not, native of Southern Europe, is 

 valuable for the rock garden or for shady banks. It is 

 a spreading plant, growing freely in moist situations, 

 where it spreads by means of runner-like stems. In the 

 early spring it produces handsome flowers of a beautiful 

 blue, with a white throat. There is also a variety with 

 pure white flowers. It will grow in any light, moist 



