184 NEMESIA 



NEME'SIA continued. 



N. strumo'sa has a variety of colours from white, 

 yellow, pink, and carmine to blood-red. It 

 grows about 15 ins. high. An improved 

 strain is strumosa Suttoni, with the brightest 

 colours of carmine, orange, and blood-red. 



N. strumo'sa na'na compac'ta is a dwarf sort only 

 9 ins. high, but forms a neat little bush 

 covered with bloom, which is perhaps scarcely 

 as brilliant as the taller varieties, though more 

 hardy. 



N. versi'color has blue, lilac, or yellow and white 

 flowers. 



N. versi'color compac'ta is a dwarf variety of the 

 above. 



N. Blue Gem is a novelty with Forget-me-not blue 

 flowers. Height 8 ins. 



There are many other names given in cata- 

 logues, but of little material difference. The best 

 and most pleasing results are achieved by a sowing 

 of mixed varieties, except perhaps Blue Gem which 

 should be massed. 



Propagate the seeds by sowing them T V in. deep 

 in pans of light soil placed in temp, of about 55 to 

 60 in March. Transplant the seedlings in May, 

 6 ins. apart. Or they may be sown outdoors about 

 the middle of May. Good, well-manured fibrous 

 loam with a small amount of wood ashes gives the 

 best results. 



