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Red. Unfortunately, its flowers are of a bad tint for blending 

 with other colours. This plant has a strange habit in not 

 showing its variegation until the flower stem rises up in the 

 spring. It should be sown in March or it does not get strong 

 enough to give the effect required. When large enough to 

 transplant it should be placed one foot apart in rows and the 

 rows eighteen inches apart. Care must be taken not to break 

 the leaves when transplanting or hoeing. 



Myosotis alpeslris, Queen Victoria These may all be 

 Royal <3/ue raised from seed 



dissitiflora which should be 



alba sown on a cool 



shady border as soon as it is ripe, seed of the previous year's 

 growth will also do equally well. If the weather is dry several 

 good soakings of water will be required or the seeds will not 

 germinate. The end of June is quite soon enough for sowing. 

 The plants may remain in the seed bed until the first week in 

 September and should then be transplanted to an open 

 position where they can remain until required for beds in 

 October : six inches apart in the rows and nine inches between 

 the rows will be suitable distances. M. dissitiflora and its 

 varieties are somewhat tender when flowering commences in 

 the spring and occasionally suffer from frost. The varieties 

 of M. alpestris are hardier and as they flower later 

 than M. dissitiflora they are often more satisfactory ; M. a. 

 Queen Victoria soon reverts to the original type unless rigidly 

 selected ; M. a. Royal Blue is the best for colour. 



Onopordon acanthium. This is a noble looking plant 

 when the stem runs up for flowering in April and May, and 



