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any soil, but best in a deep, rich, and 

 moist loam. It thrives perfectly 

 either in exposed, shady, or half -shady 

 places, and is eminently suitable for 

 naturalization in almost any position. 

 Division and seed. 



Othonna cheirifolia (Barbary Rag- 

 wort). A low - spreading evergreen 

 perennial, with pleasing, glaucous 

 foliage ; 8 to 12 in. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; rich yellow, about 

 14 in. across, on thick succulent stalks, 

 at the ends of the branches ; rays 

 sharp-pointed, rather longer than the 

 calyx, which is cut equally into eight 

 segments. Leaves, greyish, thick, 

 lance - shaped, 3-nerved, stalkless, 

 narrow at the base, broad and rounded 

 at the apex ; stems half - shrubby, 



spreading. N. Africa. Borders 



and rocky banks, in any soil. In 

 cold soils it rarely flowers, in warm 

 loams it does so abundantly. Divi- 

 sion or cuttings. 



Ourisia coccinea (Scarlet 0. ) A 

 handsome creeping plant, with flower- 

 stems from 6 to 8 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; scarlet, axillary, pendent, 

 in panicled clusters. Leaves, almost 

 all radical, oval or oblong, notched. 



Chili. Rockwork, in half -shady 



positions, in moist, well - drained, 

 peaty soil. Division. 



Oxalis atropurpurea(^Tor^) (Purple- 

 leaved 0.) A densely - tufted, dark- 

 leaved plant ; 3 in. .high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; small, golden -yellow, in 

 an umbel. Leaves, of 3 obcordate 



leaflets, purplish. South Europe. 



Edgings, tufts, in borders, and as a 

 bedding plant, best in light, sandy 

 soil. Seed and division. 



Oxalis Bowiei (Bowie's Wood Sorrel), 

 A brilliant dwarf bulbous perennial 

 6 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in autumn ; 

 fine rose-red, yellowish at the base 

 inside ; large and handsome, in umbels 

 on peduncles about equal in length to 

 tbc leaves. Leaves, of 3 obtuse leaflets, 



almost sessile, handsome green above, 

 slightly pubescent underneath, ci- 

 liated. Cape of Good Hope. Warm 



flanks of the rock-garden or on sunny 

 borders. In cold soils this seldom or 

 never flowers ; on warm well-drained 

 aud very sandy ones it does so abun- 

 dantly, and where this is the case it 

 may be used with effect as an edging- 

 plant round beds of autumn-blooming 

 plants. Division. 



Oxalis floribunda (Many -flowered 0.) 

 A tufted,abundantly -blooming kind. 

 Flowers, in summer, continuously; 

 rose-coloured, with dark veins ; scape 

 many-flowered ; sepals obtuse, grey- 

 ish, roundish- egg-shaped, concave at 

 the apex, and hairy ; root tuberous. 

 There is a variety with white flowers. 



Native of South America. Borders, 



in ordinary sandy soil. Division. 



Oxalis lasiandra (Woolly - stamen ed 

 0.) A singular and handsome species, 

 9 to 1 8 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 large, developed in succession, crim- 

 son, especially on the inside, the out- 

 side paler and finely pubescent, borne 

 in umbels of about twenty flowers ; 

 sepals linear-elliptical, blunt, green, 

 hairy, and marked with 4 orange- 

 coloured lines, which meet at the 

 apex. Leaves, all radical, digitate ; 

 leaflets 3 in. long, and 1 in. broad, 

 7 to 9 in number, on the top of the 

 stem, oval-spoon-shaped, wavy at the 

 edges, dark green, paler underneath, 

 and spotted with crimson. Mexico. 



Borders, and the rock-garden, in 



warm, sandy ^oil. Division. 



Oxalis Valdiviana (Chilian Wood- 

 sorrel). A handsome species, with 

 a very branching stem, forming low 

 tufts about 6 or 8 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; deep yellow with a red- 

 dish streak particularly on the outside, 

 very much resembling those of Linunt 

 flavum, in small clusters on the ends 

 of very long flower-stalks. Leaves, 

 trifoliate; leaflets heart-shaped re- 



