346 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS 



broken up, and if it is of a stiff, holding character it will be 

 well to lighten and disintegrate it with burnt refuse, leaf-mould, 

 road sweepings, and thoroughly decayed manure. The plants will 

 require pegging down as they grow, like Verbenas, and to allow 

 room for this they should be planted eighteen inches apart. 



Propagation is generally effected by means of cuttings, which 

 should consist of about four inches of the young flowerless shoots, 

 taken off in September, and struck in sandy soil on a hotbed or 



in a propagator. When the cuttings 

 are rooted they should be stood on 

 a shelf in a heated house. They will 

 not make much growth through the 

 winter, but will go ahead in spring, 

 and more cuttings can then be taken 

 from the young plants. When rooted 

 they can be put singly in small pots, 

 and grown therein until the time comes 

 for planting them in the garden. 



The following are beautiful varieties 



HELIOTROPE CUTTINGS 



A, main stem of a plant; B, a side-shoot 

 suitable for a cutting; C, the cutting 

 prepared for insertion. 



. - Deep violet blue, 



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leaves. 



Frau Bertha Schafer. Heliotrope colour. 

 Lord Roberts. Violet. 



Miss Nightingale. Deep blue, dark leaves. 

 Swanley Giant. Very large rosy heads. 

 White Lady. Very pale flowers, green leaves. 



MIMULUSES (MONKEY FLOWERS) 



To mention that the well-known Musk is a Mimulus is to win 

 sympathy for the plant immediately. The bedding Mimuluses are 

 not fragrant, but they have large, brilliantly coloured flowers, in 



