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MYOSO'TIS continued. 



M. stric'ta ccelesti'na continued. 



merit of forming a pyramid, covered with sky- 

 blue flowers, 12 ins. high. There are white 

 and pink forms known as alba and rosea. It 

 makes an uncommonly pretty pot plant. In 

 some catalogues it is named M. pyramida'lis. 



Sow the seeds r<r in. deep in May or June out- 

 doors, transplanting the young seedlings to their 

 flowering quarters in October for the following 

 spring. 



NASTURTIUM (from L. nasus, nose, and tortus, torment, 

 in reference to its acrid smell). A name commonly 

 but erroneously used for TROP^E'OLUM ma' jus (which 

 see). 



NEME'SIA (a name used by Dioscorides, the Greek 

 botanist. Probably from the Greek Nemesis, a 

 goddess of justice). Nat. Ord. Scrophulariacece. 



Exceedingly pretty and easily grown half-hardy 

 annuals, having a mass of flowers of all colours of the 

 rainbow, each about f in. across. They are dwarf, 

 but very showy and effective if grown in groups, 

 or as an edging. If allowed, they get rather 

 straggly and untidy, but may be made much more 

 bushy and compact if the leading shoot is picked 

 off when young. This makes them throw out 

 numerous side shoots, which from the end of June 

 onwards all bear flowers. Natives of S. Africa. 



N. floribun'da grows 1 ft. high, and has white 

 flowers with yellow throats. 



