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SCABIO'SA continued. 



the former being perhaps a little clumsy looking, 

 though many people admire them very much. It 

 is advisable, if a bed of Sweet Scabious is desired, 

 to purchase a mixed packet of seed. Natives of 

 the Mediterranean district, 1629. 



S. alfro-purpur'ea. This is the type, the flowers of 

 which are usually deep crimson. The garden 

 forms may be summed up as follows : 



Black King. 2J ft. high. Very dark maroon. 

 Crimson King. 1 J ft. high. Bright crimson. 

 Fairy. 2 ft. high. Lavender colour. 

 Snowball. 2 ft. high. Pure white, double 



flowers. 

 Yellow Prince or Golden Yellow. 2J ft. high. 



Bright yellow. 

 Tom Thumb and Nana compacta are dwarf forms 



of mixed colours, 12 ins. high, and very 



inferior to the taller kinds. 



S. mari'tima, or Sea Scabious, 2 ft. high, is very 

 much the same as the above species, having 

 purple-crimson flowers. 



S. stella'ta. 2 ft. high, with pink flowers. Spain, 

 1823. 



Sow seeds T V in. deep outdoors in light soil in 

 April, when they should flower towards the end of 

 the summer; or in June or July to flower the 

 following summer. Or again, if started in slight 

 warmth in a shallow box in March, on a hotbed, 

 they will begin to flower at the end of July. 



